cookies and bars

I have so many funny stories to share with you since we opened the restaurant. Some funny in a comical way, some…

  Nothing says back to school like a stack of homemade peanut butter cookies I’m sure there are more iconic reminders than PEANUT…

For most of the world Easter means springtime: tree buds bursting open, tiny flower heads pushing through soft earth, birdsong, kneesocks, marbles…

Every December, I’m on the hunt for a new-to-our-family Christmas treat. Last year’s Jasmine Orange Meltaways were fantastic, but take more time than…

Cheddar Parmesan Thumbprints are perfect party food. How many times have you been offered a snack at a cocktail party, tried to…

Its six am Tuesday, two days before the launch of my menu for Billy’s Seafood Restaurant. Sleep is impossible. Detail after intricate detail…

Date Squares are a humble sweet and perfect for our anniversary. Not my wedding anniversary but rather this site’s anniversary – you and…

PEANUT BUTTER and JAM THUMBPRINTS; off the charts, unbelievable, can’t stop eating them delicious! I obsess about recipes. At any time of the…

When you’re trying to survive winter in eastern Canada, making a batch of my EASY WINTER FRUIT BAR COOKIES is a good…

It’s kind of surreal to me that I’ve been blogging long enough to have a ‘top 5 Christmas cookie recipe list’, but…