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This is the cake of my childhood. Fudge pudding cake – I could make it from memory by the time I was…

We celebrated Mom’s birthday today. I’ve been making her birthday cake for forty two years. Since the year that she taught me…

I love retro food. Comfortable, nostalgic, homey food that catapults me back to my childhood. A bundt pan sends me there at the…

On Saturday, I put out a plea for help via Twitter and Facebook for some dessert suggestions to follow a penne venison Bolognese. Everyone…

It’s Ralph’s birthday and what better way to spend it than snow blowing our half kilometer driveway at the farm. I’ve been making this cake/pudding…

Ralph and I never used the word ‘step’ in our family language. We were never step parents. Our children were never step…

I’ve been playing around with my spice shelf again. There’s something incredibly satisfying  about coming up with a new or unexpected group of…

Kaitie and Dan are home for the weekend. Two blissful days chocked full of family, cooking and for me sheer joy. A…

What a fantastic weekend! When you live in Atlantic Canada, weather is not something taken for granted. We don’t wake up knowing…

I was to fly to Toronto this weekend for some intense Kaitie time. It did not happen. Air Canada cancelled my flight due…