The Cookie Solution
Earlier this year, I asked a lawyer friend for a favour: I needed help navigating the legal system for another friend…
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Earlier this year, I asked a lawyer friend for a favour: I needed help navigating the legal system for another friend…
The Cookie Solution Read More »
It’s a good life … or, from the movie Oliver!, “It’s A Fine Life” (a very fine life!). Yes, I’ve taken to incorporating song titles…
Nothing is assured about wild food gathering. If you find butter & whipping cream try this dessert recipe.
Raspberry Fool With Wild Chamomile Shortbreads Read More »
Murray’s old big stone house, back in St. Marys, Ontario, where cookies cooled on the window ledge every Saturday There is no dessert like a
There’s no cookin’ like home cookin’! Read More »
Back in the 1930s and 40s mom baked her own goodies and desserts. They tasted far better than the modern off-the-shelf desserts.
My mother was a master cook sent down from heaven, and as she looks down upon me, I think back to the 1930 and 40s.
3. Bake brownies until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with just a few crumbs clinging to it, about 45 minutes. Allow brownies
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, we’ll have to make do with 500, since that’s all this space allows.
Of lavender and squashed fly biscuits Read More »
Historians agree that our modern Christmas tree tradition originated in the German Renaissance period (circa 1500). Martin Luther added candles as decoration. Prior to candles,
The recipe is an adaption of the original Flaky Biscuits recipe from the Tassajara Cookbook, which I have made more times than I can count.
Say it with Biscuits Read More »
In old Klondike days, ingredients were rather limited. Lard or bacon grease was often the only fat for baking. Holy smokes, can you imagine? In
Round and Round and Round We Go Read More »
Simple ingredients: butter, sugar and flour make up real old-fashioned shortbread. While variations on these basic ingredients are many, the real McCoy is hard to
Simple and Sweet: An Old Time Read More »
Among the reasons I know I’ve turned into my mother: the cookies. Yes, I am the middle-aged mother who bakes only sugarless, oatmeal-raisin cookies. This
A Neophyte’s Guide to Christmas Cookies Read More »
What is Valentine’s Day without chocolate? Cut into heart shapes and sprinkled with a dusting of icing sugar, these are moist and not too sweet.
A Chocolate Valentine for Your Sweeties Read More »
For the Thanksgiving table, nothing could be finer than Yukon cranberries prepared with the zing of oranges. This is a very simple, very delicious way
Conserving Cranberries Read More »
Nuts of many kinds (both the human and plant varieties) were common about town in early Klondike days. Nuts keep well, have great flavour and
Going Nutty North of 60 Read More »
Those who enjoy the Yukon outdoors know that snacks need to be easy to pack and hold up without crumbling too easily. Peanut butter packs