I love summer. As you can see by my noticeably absent presence on the web, I’ve been enjoying every minute of it. While I’ve taken a break from work (and from blogging), I haven’t taken a break from cooking and eating! Yesterday involved a trip to our local book store, where I devoured every new […]
Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
I always buy too much produce at the market every week. I have all of these positive intentions about having a few extra slimming meals during the week, because I had a few too many glasses of wine or pieces of cake, and more often than not, I end up tossing the leftover veggies in […]
Sea Smelt Feast
Having grown up in Northern Ontario, each spring brought forth the melt of winter’s last few snow storms, sunnier days, green buds everywhere, and smelt fishing. Smelts spawn every year at the same time of year, and only for a very short period of time. Fortunately, my parents knew all of these details, and would […]
Mocha Espresso Biscotti
Following the success of my Star Anise Biscotti, I was asked to make another batch of these crunchy cookies by one of Meat and Tater Man’s co-workers at the construction site. The request was punctuated with a desire for “something similar with chocolate”, which I thought was a great idea. I came across this recipe […]
Sour Cream Breakfast Pancakes with Caramelized Pineapple Topping
Catchy recipe title, huh? I don’t often crave pancakes, but when I do, nothing else will suffice. This past weekend had me nearly racing to the stove to whip up a batch of pancakes, especially after my daughter suggested them for breakfast. I’ve been eating a lot of eggs for breakfast lately in an […]