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raspberry jam at the beginning of the process I've got a pot of apricot-chili barbecue sauce bubbling on the stove. But as I don...

In honour of the Russian Olympics, I thought I'd cook me a pot of borscht. Well, actually, no, it's not in honour of the Olympics ...

Love in Paris, on Amazon Today I felt understood by a book. That's right - understood by a book, not "I understood a book"...

Reading over yesterday's post and some of the comments I got on it in various places makes me realise that this calls for an addendum...

cake, pizza shells, English muffins, bread I was having an email conversation (yup, I'm that old-fashioned) with some friends about ...

I don't really have anything to say today, so I'll show you instead: pictures of a Canadian October. Autumn. You know, come to think...

As you probably heard, I'm studying Snow White right now. Yes, her of the apple. But I also live in Apple Country; I drive past apple ...

Did I mention that I like food? I guess I did, maybe once or twice (a month). Yes, well. It's one of the greatest pleasures of life, foo...

There's a word in the English language I particularly like: rich . As in, applied to food. In German, the equivalent " reich ...

I treated myself to a bunch of daffodils for Easter. They were only a couple of bucks - okay, $2.50 maybe - and they're so cheerful. O...

I don't usually re-blog other people's postings, but this one, which came to me via Jim from Up-From-the-Mud , is worth sharing. It...

Let me introduce you to the fine art of Jack-o-Lantern Pie Baking. Despite what Lynn Johnston, she of " For Better or for Worse ",...

Poetry. Magnetic. Yup. You can only do so much. You know? Several of my friends are gearing up for this year's Christmas art show at...

Steve and I got to see the prairies on the weekend. Well, I did, anyway; Steve mostly saw the inside of my backpack and the bedside tab...

There's magnetic poetry : ...and gustatory poetry (blueberry, if you must know): ... and horticultural-culinary poetry (the la...

I've been spammed. I guess that makes this blog important now, doesn't it? It was innocuous enough, just somebody fishing for busine...

I don't usually post about what's on other people's sites, but today I have to make an exception. That's because in yesterda...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious . That's to say, I don't really have anything to say today. But being an inveterate driveller, I...

I went shopping the other day at our lovely local bulk foods store. We were running dismally low on such necessities of life as dried beans,...

I just gave my herb bed its autumn haircut, bringing in the last of the herbs that I was going to preserve. Here's a lovely Scarborough ...