Holiday Tips: Perfect Gravy Every Time!
So… The Turkey is golden brown and juicy. The Stuffing is crispy on top while savoury and moist inside. The Mashed Potatoes are light and fluffy and buttery. The Pudding is steamed to a ‘T’… And there’s just the Gravy left to make, to round out the perfect Christmas Family Feast!Read More →
Holiday Treats: Christmas Cake Cookies!
Some folks claim they don’t like Holiday Fruitcake. I say they’re nuts. But that’s not the point. The point is, it’s the texture folks balk at. The word ‘doorstop’ has been used. But the flavours of Christmas Fruit Cake are universally loved! So… What if you could get those flavours in a light, chewy cookie?Read More →
Holiday Treats: Old Fashioned Hermits Cookies
This chewy, fruit and nut Cookie is the hook on which I hang many happy childhood holiday memories! I learned to make these at my Grandma’s knee and I love ’em as much as Scottish Shortbread itself! Here’s my recipe, which is pretty much my Grandma’s, but with a few nifty tweaks…Read More →
Review: Kuraidori’s Portable Induction Cooktop
If you watch The FOOD Network in Canada or the U.S., you’ve almost certainly heard about the Kuraidori Portable Induction Cooktop. How fitting that Holiday advertising for this futuristic – almost magical – gadget has been ramping up to a fever pitch surpassed only by the new Star Wars Movie!Read More →
Holiday Treats: Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Here’s a holiday favourite that goes back at least a thousand years, when an Armenian Monk brought the recipe with him to Europe. From there, it spread across Europe with travelers and emigrated to the rest of the world with European explorers. No wonder its a universal favourite today!Read More →
Holiday Treats: Best Scottish Shortbread!
This one is dear to my heart. I use the simple but delicious traditional recipe from my mother’s high school Domestic Science text book. The book was published in 1936 and the recipes are as yummy today as they were then. And Mom says I make it even better than she does!Read More →
Montreal to Limit Fast Food Outlets
One Montréal borough is moving to limit the number of Fast Food joints within its boundaries in a nod towards healthier eating and healthier living, in general. But some critics are asking if the proposal goes far enough while others wonder if such a move will really improve the public’s health?Read More →
The ‘Paperful’ World of Food Advertising…
When I was little, there were no ‘flyers’ in the mailbox, much less in the newspaper. But, in spite of persistent predictions about the imminent coming of a paperless world, it seems the printing presses are working harder than ever to churn out all types of advertising material!Read More →