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Halloween Recipes for Spooktacular Good Times

This time of year, when you think about recipes and cooking it’s not really all that common to think of Halloween. Thanksgiving, yes, and Christmas, definitely, but Halloween doesn’t really bring to mind any specific ideas about cooking. That is, until now! Last year, I decided to host some friends at my house, because I was at the time living in a house on a street that got a lot of trick or treaters. Most of my friends lived in apartments or areas where kids didn’t come, so the idea was that

It's soup stock season!

Oh hi, cold weather! I’ve missed you! No, seriously. I’ve missed you. Why, you might ask? Well, because SOUP, that’s why! I’m a big fan of soup, and over the last few years I’ve realized that the canned stuff (or the carton stuff) is good but usually a) expensive, and b) chock-full-o-salt. Neither of these are good things (for your wallet or your body), so I went on a bit of a mission last year to become a master of stock. Stock, you see, is the key to soup in the same way that Elvis Costello

October Buys that will save you Fistfuls of Dough

Knowing when to buy things can save you a ton of money over your lifetime. Patience is rewarded when you buy things at the right time (especially on big purchases) and you won’t suffer buyer’s remorse. Waiting for the best time to make your purchases will get you what you want with change left over! New Cars With the New Year just around the corner, most prospective car owners want to hold off buying to get next year’s model. This means that you can get incredible savings on new cars from deal

DIY Halloween Haunted House for under $30

This Halloween, turn your humble abode into a pit of seething horror for the neighbourhood kids with a few simple house-of-horror pranks. You can give your kids a thrill or create the ultimate Halloween party location without spending a fortune. The first step is to demarcate the path through your house of horror. You may choose to do this in your garage, in your garden or make a pathway through your living room by using garbage bags which can be split open along the sides for added length. Lay

The Origin of Oktoberfest

While I was sipping a delicious pumpkin beer last week (thanks to fellow Mogoer Sean Yu for the awesome recommendations [https://blog.mogo.ca/fall-beers-are-here/]), I ran smack dab into an Oktoberfest celebration at my local pub. Besides the awesome beer discount and delicious sausages that that implies, it also got me thinking about the reasons behind the Oktoberfest. Why do Germans and friends of Germans get their own week of beer drinking and oom pah pah-ing? I didn’t know! So I looked into