holiday entertaining

Brie en Croute is an oozy cheese in a crispy buttery crust appetizer that I’ve served for years. I love that you…

UPDATE: My mother-in-law, Maxine Hooton passed away on October 5th, 2019 and left us forever missing her. She was the centre of…

Cranberry Bliss Bars are orange flavoured blondies studded with white chocolate chips and cranberries. They’re topped with orange flavoured cream cheese icing,…

Last fall, I did a post called Spicy Beer Candied Bacon. My friends went wild every time I served it so I decided to…

Sugared Cranberries look like snow frosted rubies and make the perfect garnish for your holiday cocktails. Until recently, they only way I’d…

Amaretto Cherry Pound Cake is an old fashioned dense, rich butter cake studded with glacé cherries, golden raisins and infused with amaretto.…

Spiedini Alla Romana is a skewer of oozing mozzarella and crunchy bread drowning in a garlicky white wine and butter sauce. During…

Cranberry Clementine Steamed Pudding is a much lighter, less expensive and quicker version of a traditional Christmas pudding. I discovered steamed puddings…

Caramel Apple Bread Pudding is a gorgeous fall dessert for a crowd. For twenty plus years I’ve belonged to a bookclub, which…

French Onion Soup never gets old. No matter where I am in the world, if I see it on a  menu and…