This is not your usual carrot cake recipe. This is a carrot cake made sublimely rich with butter replacing the oil. The results are a fine, firm crumb that holds and slices beautifully (so necessary in a layer cake). … Continue reading
PRESERVED LEMONS The other day my favourite local grocery store featured organic lemons – twenty five cents each. A bargain. I filled my shopping bag with a couple of dozen of these little darlings to make PRESERVED LEMONS. PRESERVED LEMONS … Continue reading
You can accomplish this in just five minutes a day. I promise you. It is so simple. You can do this if you can hold a wooden spoon, and have a big mixing bowl or container and two loaf pans. … Continue reading
When it’s not quite winter. Not quite spring. When dingy snow piles up in secret places. When thoughts of exotic get a ways dominate your day. This is the time to ladle out the exotic flavours of … Continue reading
I will never forget the first time I tasted home made marmalade. I was visiting relatives in Scotland. They lived on a sweet farm just outside Dumfries. A behemoth, ancient Aga stove dominated their kitchen. Several large pots simmered … Continue reading
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Foxley’s Restaurant on Ossington in Toronto is one of our favorite neighborhood restaurant. We love their ribs and this inspired me to create this recipe. This is a two step recipe. You make the glaze first (you can do this … Continue reading
January was always the cruelest month when one grew up in Northern Saskatchewan. The excitement of Christmas still a warm memory, but January was a biting, bitter, angry cold that left you weeping. Freezing eye lashes together. Turning feet … Continue reading
Procrastinating fruitcake loves. All is not lost. Whip this quick fruitcake loaf up and slice and serve it the same day. LIFE IS A FRUITFUL SLICE! MAKE THIS QUICK FRUITCAKE LOAF TODAY. ENJOY IT TODAY. Print : quick bread Cuisine: … Continue reading
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Away way back in time coffee cake was a simple treat. It was an uncomplicated cake. The ingredients were always at hand. It went together quickly . The delicious aroma of the baking cake filled your kitchen. It was warm … Continue reading
In late summer plums in a rainbow of colours fill my baskets. I carefully sort them. Choosing the not quite ripe plums to make this pie. Some we eat out of hand. Plum juice staining our fingers. The rest are … Continue reading
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