Unless you are on the east coast I know you are thinking, soup?! How can you think of soup? It is boiling here! Here, it is bloody freezing. It was 7C when I went out for a very short brisk walk yesterday so I knew the time to write about my latest chicken broth adventure […]
My Mom’s Bitchin’ Kitchen Turkey Noodle Soup
My Breadmaker Version of My Mom’s Pīrāgi (Latvian Bacon Buns)
Absolutely nothing in our family home was coveted more than piragi, Latvian bacon buns. My mom rarely baked yet every now and then, especially near the holidays, something magical would happen. Mom would bake these sweet fabulous bacon buns that would remind her of home in Latvia. They now remind me of home in Toronto […]
Lorraine’s Cousin’s Wife’s Gingerbread Recipe
Carrot Bread from “Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens”
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 […]
Lorraine’s British Baking Powder Blueberry Tea Biscuits
Those who subscribe to my newsletter may recognize this cookie jar! I sometimes have problems with my iron levels so my mother-in-law Lorraine suggested I make her tea biscuits and have them with molasses which are high in iron. Well you know what is also high in iron? Blueberries! So I compromised and made her […]
Happy Mother’s Day at Cora’s!
Yesterday my husband and I took out my mother-in-law Lorraine for Mother’s Day at Cora’s. We knew that today would be absolutely insanity there and we would have a better time going a day earlier when it was much, much quieter. One of the absolute best things about being on the east coast has been […]
