Cooking

The dying days of summer leave way for the cooler days of autumn. Pumpkin is a big part of this time of year and can be used in both sweet and savoury cooking. The smell of a spicy pumpkin pie baking or a moist muffin …

There is no better ingredient to fill your home with a wonderful aroma than ginger! It is an ingredient that is both hot and sweet, warm and spicy, biting and woody. I love it in cakes and cookies. I also enjoy it in savoury dishes …

One of the most beloved of spices around the world in both sweet and savoury cooking, is cinnamon. I always remember hearing that in order to sell your house, you should be baking something with cinnamon in it the day of your open house! Not …

This is a love them or hate them ingredient. I like raisins, currants, prunes and other dried fruits but prefer to not eat them in certain cooking. Especially not in anything savoury. I apologize to the cooks that lavish roasts, sprinkle them in rices and …

I am lucky to have a friend that regularly brings me pure vanilla from Mexico. The price is so much better than it is here. I usually only need bake her something with vanilla and lemon to cover the cost! Win win for me! I …

Easter brings a wide variety of baking to mind…hot cross buns, European braided breads with eggs nestled on top, sugar cookies that look like Easter eggs, chicks, bunnies and flowers and one of my favourites made with carrots! Carrot Cake is a super moist, spicy, …

Apple is one versatile fruit!! In our house they disappear faster than I can buy them but luckily we live near a farm that has year-round, temperature-controlled storage so the apples stay crisp/fresh until almost the next crop is available. Strudel, pie, sauce, fritter, cake, …

Baking is different from Cooking. I love the preciseness of baking. The measuring, scooping, pouring, cutting of and mixing ingredients is satisfying somehow. I know that if I follow the recipe exactly as its written chances of it working out are fairly good. Cooking is …

Yes, I do like fruitcake. I also like plum pudding with hard sauce…. And sticky toffee pudding and anything else with a rich cake that is fruit infused. Mum gave me her Light Fruitcake and Dark Fruitcake recipes almost 35 years ago. I won’t throw …