Pumpkins, Harrowsmith, and Other Fun Stuff
I’ve been busy; so much going on…mostly good, some of it fan-freakin’-tastic, and well, there’s been some sadness too. First, let’s just...
YOU Can Cook Anything!
Cooking has always been easy for me, I come to it naturally and I was exposed to it from a very early age. We didn't eat out often and...
All By Myself
Professor Ferguson warned the students of Food Writing I: “It’s a lonely profession, being a freelance writer.” She wasn’t kidding. Ever...
It’s a Christmas Miracle!
I’m giving it away. My mother’s secret. The one she held close; a few scribbles on a greasy, dog-eared page. I know she had others. Sad...
A Tart Tart!
If I failed to ask nicely for something, Mother always reminded me that I would attract more flies with honey than vinegar. It was a long...
Digest This!
Mother was not the mothering sort. She had babies. Plenty of ‘em – five – but after they graduated from wriggling, cooing helplessness,...
Asparagus Crimes, No Punishment
This is spring: a tiny oven bird biddeling along a fallen branch in Thickson's Woods... ...and in my garden, this is spring: the first...
I'd Tap That!
The maple tree is so deeply rooted in Quebec and Ontario culture that we hold parties to celebrate its sweet gifts. It’s well-rooted in...
Foodie by Nature, Frugal by Nurture
"Waste not, want not." I heard that constantly when I was a kid. I never understood it, mind you. I thought, if I didn't want it why...
Dough Ball Deliverance
I love a ball of pizza dough; homemade or store-bought. Though, in all honesty, I rarely make my own. For around two bucks I can get a...
