One of my favourite cookies. Made a batch to take to work last week. With chunks of canadied ginger. Great with a cup of tea. PRINT RECIPE Chewy Ginger Cookies Source: Calgary Herald News Paper You can leave the candied ginger out, if you wish, but I like the extra oomph it gives. Don’t skip…

I had a craving for an Apple Pie. Free Form hand-cut leaves for the top crust. Started with placing the leaves along the rim And finished in the centre. Print Recipe

This is a catch-up post for the  first two weeks of 2016. After this I am going to try and make daily posts, assuming I have something to share. January 10th Greek Chicken with potatoes and Greek Salad. Butterflied a whole chicken and rubbed it with lots of garlic, salt, pepper, oregano and the juice…

 It had been a while since I baked the French Laundry Apple Kuchen. I forgot how good it was. It was our New Year’s Day dessert. Very easy cake to bake. Served with a warm cream sauce.  APPLE KUCHEN Print Recipe Source: The French Laundry Cookbook – Thomas Keller Kuchen 6 tablespoons (3 oz.) unsalted…

Our tradition has always been to have lobster and champagne on New Year’s Eve.  Last year we decided to have local Dungeness crab instead. And this year, we decided to have crab, but to have it in a  Cioppino,  The crab weighed 2 1/4 pounds, and I added  Clams, Mussels, local spot prawns and  halibut…

Since we didn’t have turkey for Christmas, I was feeling deprived. Picked one up on Sunday.  Presalted it and roasted it Monday.   We had a traditional turkey dinner. As Moe said, a turkey dinner is all about the sides.

I baked the Kaisers on Boxing Day  with the intentions of having sandwiches for dinner, using the leftover grilled beef tenderloin.  But we went to a friend’s open house,  and come time for dinner,  neither of us was hungry. So………… I made Moe a couple of little sandwiches for Sunday’s breakfast. I had to work…