Making Dumplings with a Friend is the Best Way to Learn So many cultures have a dish that requires an amount of dough or other such wrapper to encase a filling of some sort. The Italians have ravioli, the Turks have Manti, the Greeks have spanikopita or dolmades, Ukranians have…
These Olive Oil Roasted Baby Artichokes are a great way to make use of tender young artichokes. Baked with olive oil and Rosemary, they are the perfect beginning to any meal. What is on your food bucket list? Do you have a food ‘bucket list’? Have you ever waited what…
Sometimes, I think in order to be successful, you have to recognize your faults. Once they are clearly identified you can start to formulate a plan for self improvement. You have to dig deep, think hard, and with all sorts of blood, sweat, and tears you CAN come up with…
Our Good Old Fashioned Family Christmas Christmas is family time. It means the constant state of being together, deciding who gets to sleep in which bedrooms (and on the blow up mattresses), endless Crown Royal Cokes, the repetition of the cooking/eating/cleaning cycle, getting boozed up on Bailey’s then going sledding, and…
I was so extremely grateful that my friends at the Cook the Book Fridays group chose a relatively quick recipe for this week’s CtBF. Still, I knew that getting away with assembling a quick tapenade seemed a bit too easy. Having learned my lesson from the last recipe which involved…
Better Late Than Never During our late August summer holidays there were a few projects that got away from me. I had every intention of keeping to a strict schedule of posting and completing projects this summer but our week of holidays at the farm ended up lasting much longer…
How to Find Food Trends Sometimes you just find the best thing on the internet. Whether you’re into cat videos or ‘Hey Girl’ memes there always seems to be something for everyone. Want to waste an hour looking at Food Porn? No problem there’s always Tastespotting. Want to learn how…
This Grape and Blueberry Fruit Salsa is a sweet and spicy alternative to tomato based salsa. Serve it alongside your favourite grilled meat or with corn tortilla chips. Eating Well When You’re Busy is Important We haven’t really had a chance to get out of the city yet this summer.…
Food and Memory How is it that so many memories come back to our minds when we smell, taste, or create traditional foods? The foods that I grew up with weren’t haute cuisine by any stretch of the imagination but they were wholesome and honest. They carried their particular flavours…
Spinach Stuffing Balls are a great make ahead side dish for your holiday dinner. Warm them up while the turkey is being carved then enjoy! Throwback Thursday Recipe Today I’m going to give you a ‘throwback recipe’…because it’s Thursday. Get it? I’ve been thinking about my early days as a…