Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Bbarbecued beef ribs were the choice for my birthday dinner, so off to our hipster butcher Pete, of Pete’s Meats we go! The rib recipe is by John Malik and was published in Bon Appetit magazine in July 2003. A
I just crave these dips in the summer. Transports me straight to the Mediterranean! Good pita and some great wine; just about perfect. I think dips are a wonderful thing to take to a party or get-together in the summer.
The local blueberries are in! Have I been busy or what, making all sorts of wonderful things with them. This is an easy cake to put together, is really, really good and could be served for dessert, with afternoon coffee
The blueberries, here in B.C., are gorgeous! It’s great to make these muffins when the berries are in season, but we can get good, local, frozen ones from the Gelderman’s farm to make these muffins with other times of
Meyer lemons were something we never saw in our markets here in Vancouver…but thankfully all that’s changed! Heck, even Costco sells them now! This dressing is excellent and I make it often. Whenever I find Meyer lemons, I pick up a
This one is for all of you who hate anchovies as much as I do! I’ve sampled really fresh, marinated ones in Italy, sorry, they still taste like anchovies! It’s OK though, my husband adores the little morsels! The garlic gives it
Another one of our favourite quick breads. It’s so good with soups, chili or a main course salad. I love baking with buttermilk as it provides such a nice flavour and crumb to the finished product. Makes One 8 x
I baked this cake for my parents a few years ago, dropping if off along with a bunch of other baking. The very next day my dad phoned to tell me that it was “almost all gone and it was
Ramps (aka wild leeks) are found only in the spring. If you are the lucky person who has learned how to forage and know where to locate them….all I can say is “I’m really jealous”. For the rest of us,
Years ago I read an article about ramps in Gourmet Magazine. I was really curious, what the heck are they? Turns out they are hunted & gathered in the spring and are also known as wild leeks. A good friend, who