I remember the day I was strolling through Kensington Market in the heart of downtown Toronto and realized that, for the first time in my life, I’d found that place called “home”.

It was the late-’70s and, a divorced single mum of a young daughter Esther (now 40 years old, married and a successful therapist living in B.C.), my career as a food writer was germinating.  I was also learning some hard life lessons. While dealing with a lot of painful change, I was about to find my calling.

As often happens in my life, serendipity was about to strike. Read more…