Normally, I hate pumpkin pie. For most of my life I could not understand why people loved this “weird” baking concoction. Then one day a neighbour came by, she had grown a pumpkin in her backyard and gave it to me. Wow! OK, Halloween was too far off to use it as a jack-o-lantern and […]
Eat Your Fridge Week: Sour Cream White Bread & Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Eat Your Fridge: Piedmont Eggs = Crazy Eggs
How To Boil An Egg
The Crème Brûlée Odyssey
The rich smooth-textured dessert is known as Burnt Cream in England where is has been popular since the seventeenth century. It was not, however, until late in the nineteenth century that the French term crème brûlée, which means precisely the same thing, became popular and the dessert became standard fare in many American restaurants. ~ […]
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Eat Your Fridge Week: Warm Spinach Pasta Salad
Restaurant Review: Sou’Wester Restaurant at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
This is a rare sight indeed. Two in fact! One, nobody crawling all over the smooth giant rocky face of Peggy’s Cove and two, The Sou’Wester Restaurant almost empty! I have been here in the brutal cold of New Year’s Day and there are always people at Peggy’s and in the restaurant but yesterday we […]
Eat Your Fridge Week: Quiche Lorraine
“Quiche, which originated in Lorraine, took its name from the German word Kuchen, which means ‘little cake.’ Quiches can be loosely defined as unsweetened custards with various fillings. In some areas of Lorraine, any dish containing custard (eggs and cream), onion, and/or cheese is called a quiche.” ~ The Professional Pastry Chef So why Quiche […]
Eat Your Fridge Week
I apologize for the not-so-great photos, living in darkness makes for very challenging food photographyAccording to the Canadian Food Network Facebook Group, yesterday was Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. The challenge was to make David Rocco’s Clean Out the Fridge Frittata. I found out too late and had already made and eaten a large serving […]