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Everything starts again
Seven years ago today, I pressed publish.*At the time I was in my twenties. I'm not anymore, in fact that cake up there was to celebrate yet another birthday into my thirties. Sean and I called an...
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Of smoke, sweet and spice
The day before yesterday was Victoria Day here in Canada, the unofficial kickoff to our summer. Next Monday is Memorial Day in the United States, the unofficial launch of summer down there. So for my...
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All the small things
Hello, hello! There have been quite the days here, and while I'm sorry to say I don't have a proper recipe to pass along, there are stories to tell, all the small things that filled the hours in...
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A clean plate to finish
If you skip ahead and read down below, you'll see I'm offering up some stuffed poblanos for lunch. Though if we're being frank, and I think we should be, the stuffing is really the take away today....
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An extra day of sunshine
In late April we had a frost. After an unbelievably-mild winter that required only two or three shovellings, and a spring that had us in sandals by March, the raw cold of April 29th came as a harsh...
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I wanted to go back
I haven't known how to come back here, or exactly what to write. I'll apologize first and foremost; I'd not intended to be gone so long. There really is no easy introduction to this explanation, as the...
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Small claims
Excuse the announcement but, as there were some kind requests for one, I've added an email subscription feature to this site. You can click "subscribe" up there on the top bar, or right here.I've got...
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Each on their own
I have a cardigan that's unmistakably ugly; the colour is drab and makes me look like I'm either coming down with a cold or getting over one. It was made for a tall man, which I am not, so the...
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Time travel
Today has a funny feeling to it. The feeling of askew and unsettled.There was the storm that knocked out our power and heat for 20 hours, which was a nothing in comparison to what so many of you are...
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Luisa's meatballs for new mothers
I came to know Luisa Weiss as you may have, through her site, The Wednesday Chef. I wish I could say what post was the first I devoured, or the recipe that was our introduction, but I can't. She's one...
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The big tah-da
I'm well aware that many of you are counting down the hours (minutes?) until Thanksgiving. To that end, I'll cut to the big tah-da: a spectacular savoury galette, one with caramelized onions, Fontina...
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Flicker and spark
When I worked at a theatre company in my teens, one season there was a play that opened with Geroge Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue”. I fell for it at first listen, somewhere in between the flirting...
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New digs
poolish preferement white bread (ken forkish recipe)Hooray and welcome to my new digs! I wanted to put something here as a placeholder, to say hello while the last few odds and sods are sorted out. My...
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The best conversations
It was Tara (Austen Weaver) who introduced me to the idea of pie for breakfast. She's a smart lady, that one.cranberry blueberry breakfast cobblerShe serves hers at room temperature, with milk, the...
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Sometimes it is needed
I was looking at some photographs and noticed that 50 weeks ago, I was wearing sandals. Sandals! With jeans and a sweater and no coat! In March! I realize last winter was an exceptionally mild one, and...
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From start to cookies
For my kitchen ruler I use my grandmother's knitting gauge. It's skinny, long, and made of metal, and fits snugly in the drawer under the counter where I do most of my baking. Because of it, I can...
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ROASTED CAULIFLOWER & LEEK SOUP WITH PEA SHOOT PESTO & ALMOND PESTO From the book Small Plates and Sweet Treats: My family's journey to gluten-free cooking (Little Brown and Company, 2012) by...
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Stretch, wander, and push
Yesterday marked eight years of this site. One year ago, there was cake, and I was thinking a lot about writing.When I brought up the same subject recently, it wasn't intentional. In fact, I didn't...
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No need of convincing
I was folding towels on the counter when I looked in the mirror and noticed, over my shoulder, the small white stool pushed in the corner of the bathroom. It has been, for I don't know how long, maybe...
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It'll turn heads
I'm here to talk about salad. If that's not your thing, I still hope you'll stick around. This is a salad to get to know, with an exceedingly useful dressing that I'm keeping on speed dial. To those of...
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