There comes a time in every girl's life when it's more important to buy a drill that can push through cement than it is to write about recipes. Right? Or is that just me? I recently bought a very powerful drill that I now lug up a steep hill to a cliff face occasionally and … [Read more...] about A Power Drill or a Salad
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Shrimp, Stinging Nettle and Potato Soup
This is what isolation does to me. I print off the Globe & Mail's giant crossword and I make soup. And I garden. I've basically hit menopause without the hot flashes and minus 20 or so years. I spent an hour pulling stinging nettle out of a community garden plot one … [Read more...] about Shrimp, Stinging Nettle and Potato Soup
I’m in The Globe & Mail: How to Crash a Newfoundland Dessert Party and other Holiday Food Traditions
Last week I was in The Globe & Mail with a story about crashing a Newfoundland dessert party, but the story is really about food traditions from coast to coast, specifically regional and familial variations on holiday jello puddings and a whole lot of Dream Whip. I should … [Read more...] about I’m in The Globe & Mail: How to Crash a Newfoundland Dessert Party and other Holiday Food Traditions