I was looking for something sweet and found a recipe for Coconut Cookies.  The recipe was shared by Liz on That Skinny Chick Can Bake.  Liz found the recipe on another blog  – Indigo’s Sugar Spectrum.   This cookie reminded me of my favourite Oatmeal Cookie in texture.  A thin cookie that has a soft chewy…

  This recipe has been on my “must make list” for quite a while. Two years in fact.   The recipe was shared on All That Splatters by my friend Lori and she was introduced to the recipe by another friend Linda of    How to Cook A Wolf. I was reminded of this recipe…

   Season’s first Rhubarb Just enough to make two small galettes.  I gave one to our favourite neighbour and Moe and I shared the other one.     It was our lunch.   And to be even more decadent I drizzled each slice with a little sour cream that had been sweetened with brown sugar.The tang of the…

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I first saw this preserved garlic on Monique’s delightful blog  La Table De Nana.   For the recipe I followed Monique’s link  to  Dinners and Dreams. I finally got around to making a couple of jars.     One of our local vegetable stores had half pound packages of peeled garlic cloves on for $1.00.  Hard to…

Friday night’s dinner.    A really quick dinner.  Shallots and Garlic sauted in a little butter and then simmered in white wine and chicken broth, slightly reduced, seasoned with salt, pepper and fresh minced thyme – add the clams, cover and cook just long enough for the clams to open – add a little bit…

We have been eating a lot more fish lately.   Mostly halibut, but I did cook Moe a whole sole last week.   It was the first time I had seen a sole sold whole.  It was easy to cook and fillet and Moe loved it.  Served with a lemon butter sauce. Thursday night I grilled halibut…

 Find out how  to win this special Big Leaf Maple Butcher Block. For the month of April we are offering our One-of-a-Kind  Cutting Boards  ~ Functional Art ~  at special prices that also includes shipping to Canada & USA. The perfect gift for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. 16″ X 10″ X 2″Retails for $240.00 Everyone who purchased a…

I first saw a picture of this coffee cake on an  eGullet breakfast post.  Shared by Deena of Mostly Foodstuffs.  The picture of this cake was so appealing I knew that I would be baking it for breakfast one morning.   I found the recipe for the cake on Deena’s Blog Mostly Foodstuffs.     This is…

When we make our boards we let the “wood” decide just what shape the board will take.   We end up with all kinds of different shapes and size. Each has their own special character.    In order to make room for the new boards that we are working on, I am offering each of of…