Ripsters Halloween Shop has relocated to Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. I could not be happier about it! Over the last few weekends Reg and I have been going to many different stores looking for Halloween inspiration and Ripsters is definitely our favourite. Although scary, it is not as disturbing as some other shops are. I […]
Taste of Home’s Halloween Batty Bark
Bobby Flay’s Pumpkin Bread with Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce
Is there any ingredient inspired more by autumn than pumpkin? I don’t think so! I really wanted to get into the October spirit and bake with it. So I was thrilled to find this pumpkin loaf recipe in the recently published Bar Americain Cookbook written by Bobby Flay and published by Random House of Canada. It […]
Taste of Home’s Halloween Gelatin Cutouts
It is that time of year! Halloween foodie posts have officially begun! We start with a classic by Taste of Home with their Halloween gelatin cutouts. I was a bit wary of starting this exciting foodie time of year with a gelatin project after last year’s disaster but the only way to get over past mistakes […]
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Halloween Giveaway!!! Two cookbooks for grabs!
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED! For those of you who subscribe to my newsletter, you had secret knowledge this giveaway was coming! I am happy to announce that Raincoast Books sent me Quirk Books‘ The Geometry of Pasta and Gibbs Smith‘s Little Monsters Cookbook for a Halloween giveaway on my blog! The Geometry of Pasta is unlike any other book on pasta […]
Halloween Treat: Mad Scientist Mix-Up
Here is another recipe from Gibbs Smith‘s Little Monsters Cookbook. Kids are going to love this! Get some lemon and lime pop and add some food colouring to it and ice. Fill up the glass until it is about an inch from the rim. Then… add Pop Rocks! Hubby Plays Mad Scientist! from Suzie Ridler on Vimeo My […]
Halloween Treats: Syrian Hummus and Homemade Crunchers
I tested a couple of recipes from Gibbs Smith‘s book Little Monsters Cookbook and here you see my rendition of their Coffin Crunchers! I did not have pitas so I used tortillas instead. I cut out Halloween shapes, put them on a parchment-lined baking sheet: I brushed on some olive oil, Italian seasoning and some Parmesan. I had […]
Halloween Foodie Disasters, Near Misses and Almost Successes
Yes, it is that time again! Time to share my kitchen disasters with you. Halloween is almost here. This spooky season started with lots of foodie disasters and during this month of experimenting in my kitchen I have had many more to share with you. I was so excited to make skull cupcakes with a tray […]