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Continue reading →: Apricot Oat Bread
Once upon a time, my good friend and fellow tea partier Lynette was also my roommate. Being a tidy sort, one of her cardinal housekeeping rules was Everything Shall Have Its Own Place in The Fridge. This comes to mind frequently when surveying the inside of my own over-stuffed, disorganized…
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Continue reading →: An Afternoon at Teafarm (plus a chocolate cake!)
The Canadian Food Experience Project began June 7, 2013. As we share our collective stories through our regional food experiences, we hope to bring global clarity to our Canadian culinary identity. The theme for this month’s Canadian Food Experience Project is “A Regional Canadian Food Hero”, which can be broadly…
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Continue reading →: Colossal Sourdough Cinnamon Buns
You know those absolutely huge cinnamon buns – the ones the size of your face – that you find at hotbeds of food culture like the mall food court? These are like those in size only – they taste a million times better (that’s a mathematical fact, I can assure…
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Continue reading →: Caramel Cake with Raspberries and Cream
I turned thirty this past Sunday. Thirty. I know that age is just a number and I’m still plenty young, but it sounds a lot older than twenty-nine, somehow. It was a milestone, anyway, so there had to be an appropriate cake. As with every birthday cake I make, there…
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Continue reading →: The Canadian Food Experience Project: BC Spot Prawn Cioppino
{A Regional Canadian Food from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island} The Canadian Food Experience Project began June 7 2013. As we share our collective stories across the vastness of our Canadian landscape through our regional food experiences, we hope to bring global clarity to our Canadian culinary identity through…
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Continue reading →: Tomato Basil Risotto
Summer is finally here. After a long, wet June, July has brought the sunshine: five straight days (and counting!) of temperatures in the high 20s, plus over the weekend I a) went swimming in the lake, and b) bought a pint of fresh raspberries. That pretty much settles it. It…
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Continue reading →: Chocolate and Caramel Tart with Hazelnuts (Daring Bakers: Pies, Part III)
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies, fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack pies! There’s nothing like pie! 🙂 As promised, the third and final installment of this month’s Daring Bakers pie challenge.…






