I think it was my third grade teacher who used to grow these, at least that’s the first memory I have of them. I’d never seen anything like them and even at the age of eight, I was fascinated. I had found seeds and tried to grow them myself since then, but it wasn’t until...
The farmer’s market is quickly getting over populated with produce. Corn, carrots, beans, autumn strawberries, bushels of cucumbers, peppers, romas and the last of the over sized heirloom tomatoes. These are enormous visions of beauty. Flavours of my childhood garden, only in colours, I never then could have imagined. I kind of feel for the...
In honour of my older brother’s birthday, I fixed up a little brownie gift. My Brother, shameless carnivore that he is, also loves cherries, so this couldn’t have worked out more perfectly. I’ve been planning my next brownie ever since the last Brownie Babe round up. I felt so close to tying on that apron...
Imagine my surprise when I returned from a weekend at my in-laws to find a package wedged in between our front doors; addressed to me! All the way from Austin Texas came a wonderfully sweet gesture of thanks. Yes, the cat’s out of the bag, Jerry at Food and Photo was my Blogging By Mail...
After being asked to create a muffin of childlike proportions for the Muffin Monday Round-Up, I was left thinking back, with one memory only. After attending countless birthday celebrations as a child, cake memories tend to blend together; all but one at least. Funny enough, I couldn’t dare tell you who’s birthday it was, or...
