Bake with abandon!
Murphy, tried to make an appearance during coffee roasting, but we sent him packing. When prolonged use began to melt the cover on the hot air popper, we simply removed it. When the beans unexpectedly swelled to twice their size and began to overflow, we …
In our family the birthday boy or girl gets to pick whatever they want for dinner regardless of what the rest of the family thinks. It doesn’t matter how fussy, plain or weird the menu is. Birthday Person picks the meal. Thems is the rules. …
If you want to pique a foodie’s interest, struggle with a recipe. When asked to divine disappointing culinary outcomes, we’re happy to run down a list of rookie mistakes: Did you use the right kind of flour? Forget a step? Set the oven too high? …
Last week, Elizabeth Kricfalusi and I did a blog swap. She bravely told Christie’s Corner readers about the challenges she encountered while developing a recipe for crepes, while I told Embrace Adventure readers about workshopping my play. Elizabeth is sharing the recipe for Black Forest …
No one can call my family humourless. Having read about the rash of kitchen disasters on my blog, their birthday wishes and my cake were presented with an electric candle. Guess Mom didn’t want her dining room set afire. She needn’t have worried. I’d gotten …
One of my writing friends, Gretchen Roberts, is a wine fanatic. She loves wine so much she’s dedicated a blog to it. Everyday Wine launched this week and one of her posts pointed me to Decanter.com’s quiz Am I a Great Vintage? This page tells …
Over the past few weeks, Dr Andrew Thomson has noticed the barrel getting lighter and lighter. Worried that there would be nothing left for the big cask opening at the end of this month, he called in expert help. Gord Reed, Director of Customer Solutions …
Yesterday, Andrew and I went to The Green Beanery in Toronto to buy a half pound of beans for our home roasting experiment. When faced with a wall of choices, we were unable to make a firm decision and bought six different types. I justified …
When I was in Nova Scotia this week, Jodi introduced me to Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op, the first fair trade roasters in Canada. You know the owners are passionate when they mortgage their house to start a business with 10 tons of green beans …