Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Here’s a delicious cake recipe from Victoria’s Don Genova, a journalist specializing in writing and broadcasting about food and travel, posted a few years ago that I’ve been making every Italian Prune Plum season. Makes one 9” Cake 1 cup fresh, full-fat ricotta cheese 1/3 cup olive oil 1 cup granulated sugar 1 Tbsp. freshly […]
I’m a dyed in the wool tomato lover, in case you didn’t already know! Recently, Marlena Spieler, passed away. She was a well loved and admired writer of 70 cookbooks, a broadcaster, columnist and on top of all of all those amazing achievements, a true tomato lover like me. This recipe is to celebrate dear […]
When fall looms ahead of us we are often a bit down…but as soon as we go to the first Fall/Winter farmer’s market at Riley Park we are totally blown away by the vibrant colours of all the vegetables. It certainly lifts the spirits of this cook! This is a long time favourite of ours […]
When you see all the amazing, colourful winter squash at the farmer’s market you just know it’s time to begin baking with pumpkin! I only use muffins liners that are made from baking parchment as they come right away from the muffin and don’t leave behind any of the muffin goodness stuck to the paper […]
When you read my post “Figs” (link below), you’ll see I’ve written about the addition to our garden of our new fig tree. We’re hoping that in the not too distant future, we will be able to run out to the front yard to get some figs before the squirrels get them first! The combination […]
I don’t know why, but I always think fall and winter appetizers when I think of caramelized onions. Maybe it’s the combination of the onions and gorgonzola. So good! I have a confession, I cheat and use bought, frozen, mini tart shells! These are a good thing to take to a party and they’re vegetarian […]
‘Tis the season, for butternut squash that is! A lovely soup flavoured with sage and completely dairy free and vegetarian if you choose. Normally I serve this soup as a “starter” for a dinner but it would make a great lunch with perhaps a turkey (again, ‘tis the season) salad sandwich made with finely chopped […]
I came across this recipe a couple of years ago and have been making it regularly since. So far, everyone who has tried it has given it two thumbs up! And as Swiss chard is available for most of the year, a good recipe to keep handy! Not only do we enjoy it for either […]
For the past couple of years, in the fall, I’ve been making lovely little Coronation-Vin Santo grape cakes for dessert. And while doing a freezer tidy-up recently, I found a small bag of the grapes tucked away. Hmmm…well I don’t have enough to make the cakes but maybe I could turn them into muffins and […]
“Winter” is definitely the key word here! Last weekend we made an unusually short foray to Riley Park where our Winter Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday. Seems like at this time of year it’s short rations for local veggies…so the trips are short ones! Eating seasonally is a very good thing. Fresh, local food, […]