When you’re trying to survive winter in eastern Canada, making a batch of my EASY WINTER FRUIT BAR COOKIES is a good distraction. To date we’ve shoveled let me rephrase Ralph has shoveled, while I’ve watched from the comfort and warmth of … Continue reading
It’s kind of surreal to me that I’ve been blogging long enough to have a ‘top 5 Christmas cookie recipe list’, but I do! The cookies that get the most traffic during the holidays – ‘traffic’ is blogger-speak for views. People … Continue reading
I’m always on the look-out for a new Christmas cookie. My friend, Diana Alexander, is a Christmas cookie baker extraordinaire. For years, she’s been creating magical cookie baskets for friends and family. Last year, she invited Ralph and me to her afternoon … Continue reading
You’ve heard of ‘refrigerator cookies’. Ever since Ralph was a little boy, his mom baked ICE BOX GINGERSNAPS. They’re the same thing except her recipe was written when fridges were called ice boxes. By the time our kids came along, they knew … Continue reading
As the sun starts to slip away and the wind slows to a gentle breeze, the evening allows time for romance. Dining al fresco, at a beautifully adorned table, with simple food and drink, on a glorious summer night… Strawberry Rhubarb Bars or … Continue reading
Jam Jams made with Martha Stewart’s gingersnap cookie recipe – slightly adapted – stuffed with raspberry jam was my kitchen project for the day. Christmas is, usually, the only time of year that I’ll bake fussy cookies. If it ain’t a ‘drop’ … Continue reading
Old Fashioned Ranger Cookies are my newest food crush. I know. I’m constantly falling in love. What can I say – I’m fickle! When I was in Toronto with the girls, they asked me to write a post about Breakfast Cookies. … Continue reading
A month ago, I received a phone call from Sara instructing me to go and Skype with Meaghan. I’d heard the house phone ringing but I was in the middle of a ‘House of Cards’ episode – Francis was being particularity diabolical that night… so I’d … Continue reading
Every now and then, I bite into something that rocks my world. Over the Christmas holidays, I was at a pot luck and chomp my taste buds went wild! The daughter of the host had baked ginger cookies and was graciously walking … Continue reading
I am an Oreo cookie junkie. I am. Their smell, alone, makes me crave milk. A tall cold glass of milk and no one around to notice how many Oreos I can actually eat is a happy day for me. … Continue reading
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