Food, Travel, and Cooking!
We all have our little touchstones. With the whiff of fall in the air and as Thanksgiving approaches, my mind (or my stomach) turns to is pumpkin. OMG, here is a waffle recipe that is to die for! The cinnamon, the pumpkin, yum! I make them every Thanksgiving weekend (just gotta love those traditions). The […]
Our Mom, Nora was an awesome pie maker. Her daughters are always vying for “the just like Mom’s” award. Psst…I have Mom’s rolling pin and am convinced it has magical properties! Makes a 9” Pie 1 ½ cups tinned pumpkin (see below), not pumpkin pie filling ½ cup golden brown sugar 1 Tbsp. molasses ½ […]
Once upon a time there was another Royal Wedding (William’s parents). I baked these scones and stayed up all night to watch the wedding eating scones with homemade strawberry jam, clotted cream and little cucumber sandwiches. What a picture, me in my nightie, sitting propped up in bed with tea, scones and little sandwiches. Somehow, […]
Everyone has their favourite crab cake recipe. Here’s mine! They are divine! Because crab is on the pricey side, we tend to make them when we want a special treat. It would be nice to have friends who go crabbing is all I can say! I used Panko crumbs to coat the crab cakes last […]
For me this is Russian Soul Food. The recipe is from my cousin, Anne. The first time I ate this soup, I was immediately transported back to my childhood. My Mom used to make hers just like this but then changed things up to suit my meat loving Dad! More a veggie soup than the […]
One summer we were touring wine country on Vancouver Island visiting wineries, farms and cheese makers. One of our favourite places was Merridale Cider. They were one of the first to begin making English style apple cider. We tasted and tasted some more, then bought their Traditional style, Somerset and Scrumpy. When we got home […]
This is one terrific Bundt cake! My Dad loved spice cakes of any kind, so we always baked a spice cake for his birthday. It was always popular when I made it at work, usually for a corporate luncheon around the end of October. Back in the day, I used my own cooked pumpkin and […]
A cake I like to make every fall using rum applesauce. If I am not going to bake the cake within a few days, I divide the applesauce into separate containers and put them in the freezer until I’m ready to bake. I’ve used the rum applesauce in muffins as well. We have an apple […]
Eggplant was something new to us until a few years ago. Sad to say we’ve missed out on a number of years of deliciousness! I love the ways countries around the Mediterranean cook them. I’m been bent on getting to learn more about different preparations. While staying in Greve in Chianti a few years ago, […]
When we were in Rome a couple of years ago, we noticed Romans ordering paccherei pasta, a 2” long, hollow pasta, larger than rigatoni. Recently it’s shown up at our favourite Italian grocery store. I wanted to came up with a pasta sauce to serve with the paccheri and based this on a Roman recipe […]