Tuesday 14. of October 2008 Awesome cranberry sauce
I made the following cranberry sauce from Epicurious for Thanksgiving and it was a huge hit! It really puts typical syrupy slurpy cranberry sauce to shame! Cranberry Sauce with Pears and Cardamom I added an additional tablespoon of sugar, an additional 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom and cooked it for...
Wednesday 01. of October 2008 Drive across Canada with the dog
My parents recently drove from BC to Ontario with their 80 pound German Sheppard/Wolf, Maggie May. No question it’s a long haul and planning the trip with the price of gas these days wasn’t exactly the best decision but they discovered the hardest part was finding pet friendly hotels along the...
Wednesday 24. of September 2008 Food poison memories? Get over it!
An undercooked turkey dinner. A not-so-clean restaurant. A sun drenched sandwich. We’ve all experienced food poisoning at one time or another. Question is – how many of us have sworn off certain cuisine or stopped cooking food correctly in fear of repeating the experience. I know a few stories and...
Monday 15. of September 2008 For the love of postcards
I’ve done my fair share of travel this year from Las Vegas to the Dominican Republic, Halifax and most recently Newfoundland, but for some reason it’s never enough. Travel dies down a little when you buy the house, plan for kids, renovate the bathroom etc – and I really start to miss all of the...
Thursday 11. of September 2008 Fruit tree – to kill or not to kill the peaches
This year we had a new challenge come late summer with the peach tree in our backyard. We have four fruit trees– apple, peach, plum and cherry. The plum tree didn’t survive the hacksaw job we took to it one weekend. The apple and cherry seem to be coming along just fine. It’s the peach tree that...
