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Stuffed Mushrooms with Plums and Hazelnuts 23 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm
Perhaps it’s the difference between European and North American sizes. Maybe our crops are bigger and our platters smaller. If shown the same mushroom, would French and Canadian eaters argue over whet...
Apricot and Honey Jam with Lemon Verbena 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
I’d officially like to apologize to apricots. For years now, I’ve been the mean team captain who always calls dibs on her friends and chooses the popular kids first, leaving the smaller classmates kic...
Hazelnut-Stuffed Baked Peaches with Mascarpone Cream 2 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
Gravity. It makes things fall. It’s why sauces drip and eggs crash to the floor when dropped. It’s why coffee pours out of the carafe and into the mug — not onto the ceiling. It’s why the milk bottle ...
Chocolate & Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream 26 Jul 2013 | 12:13 am
Next time I go to the Farmers’ Market, put wax in my ears and lash me to the shopping cart. Cherries are the Sirens of the fruit world and I can’t resist them unaided. Last week, I ventured forth on ...
Maple-Blueberry Buttermilk Ice Cream 14 Jul 2013 | 07:21 pm
Whoever perfected commercial buttermilk is part genius, part half-wit. On one hand, they found a way to mass produce a low-fat, tasty dairy product that makes loaves tender, muffins moist and scones s...
Browned Butter Mushroom Ravioli with Sage 11 Jul 2013 | 06:04 pm
This ruffled plant is not a flower. It’s a King Oyster mushroom. I grew it from a kit I got at the Food Bloggers of Canada Conference back in February. The kits, courtesy of Mushrooms Canada, are inte...
The Canadian Food Experience: English Cucumbers 8 Jul 2013 | 03:24 am
Living in Ontario has many advantages. Spring brings maple syrup, fiddleheads, ramps, rhubarb and garlic scapes. Summer provides back-to-back crops of fruits and vegetables starting with seed-studded ...
Happy Dominion Day 2013 30 Jun 2013 | 07:02 pm
Cottage Country in Ontario. You can almost hear the call of the loon. While the rest of the country celebrates Canada Day on July 1st, we celebrate Dominion Day. By “we” I mean Andrew and me. “Why D...
Orange Sherbet – An easy homemade summertime treat 28 Jun 2013 | 06:43 pm
Like most kids, when I discovered wordplay I was so thrilled with my new found skill I told jokes and made puns non-stop. On one occasion, I followed my grandmother around her apartment like a ducklin...
Improv Recipe: Garden Greens Pasta Sauce with Tomatoes 26 Jun 2013 | 06:55 pm
Cooking with seasonal foods can be a bit like getting dragged on stage for an improv act. Even though you’ve been told the basic premise you don’t really know what’s coming, you’ve little time to thin...
