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How to Make Christmas Biscotti

I thought you’d enjoy a nice little biscotti recipe just in time for Christmas!

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How to make chicken stock

Just a small note to let you know that I’ve made a second video with the help of my hubby! Hope you enjoy!

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‘Twas a Pumpkin of an Evening

I hadn’t had my sister and her family over for dinner in ages and felt it was long overdue!  Last night we finally got together. In September I bought a lovely Cinderalla pumpkin with the intention of doing something good with it.  I was supposed to compare it to a regular every-day…

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OK, Here Goes….

Soooo… Mick just finished the big edit of my very first cooking lesson. With butterflies in my tummy and hope in my heart, here it is. This is our very first attempt so a huge thank you to Laurie-Ève Barriault for taking your time to come over and film me…

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Where Did My Love of Cooking Come From? (A Thank You Letter to those who most influenced me)

Since my exit from the “office world” lots has been going on. I’ve been trying to blog more, trying (not very successfully) to get my website going, making and selling jams and jellies and salsas (so far) and have recorded my first video. All this is in the name of…

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Breakfast For Supper (or Dinner)

You know those nights where inspiration is next to nil? When you are not even hungry but just have to feed your brood?  Well, in this house – and many others, so I’ve heard – the answer is BREAKFAST FOR SUPPER! This is always met with a hoot and an…

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Another Apple Story…

I returned to my friend’s gorgeous apple orchard Le Verger des Dix-Terres to help him pick the last batch of apples. He had about a dozen or so trees to liberate. What a glorious day to do so! Just the right amount of heat, the sun kept peaking in and…

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A Little Treat

  I decided to treat my boys to fresh strawberry muffins this morning.  This is one of the best things about not working outside of the house.  I used to leave the house at 6:15 when the house was dark and my guys were still sleeping.  Now, I get up…

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‘Tis the Time of Abundance

I so love this time of year! And this year is especially good. No, not garden-wise. My garden totally sucked this year, quite frankly. Each heirloom tomato plant gave me only one or two tomatoes. All my bell peppers got eaten by slugs and bugs as did my lettuce and…

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