We’re into our fourth month of winter. Hard-core, unrelenting, frozen-to-the-bone winter. As unpatriotic as this sounds, I’m sick to death of it. I AM CANADIAN but I want winter to end. Sadly, Spring will come when it comes. Until then … Continue reading
The kimchi was ready this week so I invited a few brave girlfriends over for dinner with the understanding that we might end up ordering pizza. I spent a bit of time researching kimchi, cross referencing how it was eaten … Continue reading
UPDATE: Hello there. I’m begging for your patience. This post was published two days ago but wasn’t delivered to my subscribers. I’m re-posting today in the hope that it lands soundly in your in-box. Moving this site has not been without … Continue reading
It’s a new year. Time for change. For someone who struggles with change as much as me, you wouldn’t think it would be such a constant in my life. Sometimes by design, mostly not. I’ve walked through my life, one … Continue reading
Christmas. We picked Kaitie up at the airport yesterday, after a day of her chasing planes flying stand by and us waiting breathlessly for her text to tell us whether she was going to be able to land. The Saint … Continue reading
My vegetable garden is still full of gorgeous tomatoes that deserve to be used up before they over ripen and fall to the ground . Soup is the perfect way to use up pounds of tomatoes. Whatever we don’t eat … Continue reading
Last week, I made a batch of homemade fennel sausage which I’ve done a billion times before to have on hand for sauces, pizza or breakfast. Rather than follow my own recipe, I winged it. I was positive using too much … Continue reading
Tomato soup was a staple in my mother’s kitchen when I was a little girl. Campbell’s Tomato Soup with the addition of either water or milk was the inspiration of all sorts of culinary works of art when I was … Continue reading
I love beginning. I love the letter A, monday, the number one, a new moon, the first slice off a loaf of bread but most of all I love a new year. I get to try again. My obsession with … Continue reading
You’d be hard pressed to knock on any door in the Maritimes and not find a recipe for lobster chowder. It would be even harder to find two the same! The magic in this particular chowder is the addition of … Continue reading
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