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Flavours of PEI: Buttermilk Biscuits

January 18, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

“OMG! These things are dynamite. Made them. Loved them. Me and kids ate them all.” ~ Three D Photos Thanks to all of you who voted for me to win the PEI Recipe Challenge, I won second place and a copy of the cookbooks Flavours of Prince Edward Island: A Culinary Journey and The Best of Chef at Home! […]

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Giveaway: Time for Dinner Cookbook

January 17, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 26 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. A WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN SOON! I wanted to do a book review of Time for Dinner but find I am unable to do so unbiased. This cookbook is not for me. I am not a mom and I am not looking for ways to make quick dinners for my children. […]

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Rachel Allen’s Banana Bread & Cookbook Review of “Bake”

January 14, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 19 Comments

Last Christmas I received the cookbook Rachel’s Baking Secrets (although my book is entitled “Bake”) from my mom for Christmas and have had a great time testing out the recipes. I absolutely adored watching Rachel Allen‘s show Bake, so much so I had to get her cookbook. I have made her Apple and Oat Crumble, Peanut Butter […]

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Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Irish Potato Cakes & Cookbook Review

December 6, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 10 Comments

GET RECIPE! A few days ago at the beginning of Hanukkah I really wanted to make latkas/potato pancakes in honour of the holiday. I was going through Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens and came across Irish Potato Cakes that were kind of similar to the latkas I made last year. Well I just had to make them and […]

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Filed Under: books, Nimbus Publishing, Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens, potato, product reviews, recipe review

Product Testing & Tutorial: How to bake and decorate a two-tier cake from scratch

December 2, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

It is not every day that I make a cake. I have issues with cake making thanks to a particular disturbing class I took out west that left me not liking cake very much but I had a dilemma. Yesterday began the third phase of the President’s Choice Insider’s Report product testing and it began […]

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Kitchen Disaster: Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Gingerbread Recipe

December 1, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

My childhood friend Lisa wrote me recently and asked me if I had a good gingerbread recipe. I realized that I did not! The closest thing I had to that were the ginger cookies I had made a little while ago. This inspired me, I went on a quest for great homemade gingerbread. I turned […]

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Recipe Review: Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Lemon Sauce

December 1, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

I wanted to make gingerbread which made me think of two things. First, that I learned from my visit to Peggy’s Cove last year that if I wanted gingerbread I had better make a lemon sauce for it! Second, to get the real east coast experience I was going to refer to the cookbook Out of Old Nova […]

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Giveaway Announcement! No-Bake Gingerbread Houses for Kids is up for grabs!

November 30, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 21 Comments

Contest is now closed! Good luck everybody! Yes! It is time for another giveaway and this time there is a family our there who is going to be super excited to win No Bake Gingerbread Houses for Kids. Published by Gibbs Smith, this book is almost too adorable for words! The book is photographed by Zac Williams, who is […]

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Carrot Bread from “Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens”

November 26, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 10 Comments

Love the stained-glass effect of the raisins, cranberries and carrots With Thanksgiving behind all of us now and the holidays getting closer, the baking season has officially begun! Nova Scotians are well known to be generous and creative bakers so I was so excited with the opportunity to review the 40th Anniversary Edition of Out of Old […]

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Book Review: The Geometry of Pasta

November 16, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 3 Comments

I have been reading and testing recipes from The Geometry Of Pasta: The Perfect Shape + The Perfect Sauce written by Jacob Kenedy and illustrated by Caz Hildebrand, published by Quirk Books for quite a while now. I have to say, this is one very cool cookbook. They have taken a graphic design approach to illustrate the pasta in an […]

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Product Review: President’s Choice Ascolana Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese

Product Review: President’s Choice Ascolana Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese

Sweet! First 2022 Holiday President's Choice Insider's Report product review is up! Olives and cheese? Yes please!

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