I’m a big fan of food. I love to cook and bake, and I love eating out. One of the best things about My Prairie City is that we’re made up of so many immigrants that we have food from every corner of the world, and we’re so close to so many farmers you can eat local [...]
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In my part of the world, winter just kicked into gear again. It’s cold, and I mean it’s “you have to start brushing with sensitive toothpaste because the air will make your teeth hurt” cold*. In case you’re in need of a little comfort, I made my favourite winter comfort food recipes available to download.
I give [...]

I guess it must say something about me that instead of making cookies I’ve started to opt for 3 hour long multi-phase weekend projects…but being that soon The Prairies will start to bake and crack like clay in the sun, my days where I can play over the stove and live to tell about it [...]
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There are some items that, in my mind, should be in everyone’s culinary tool kit, such as knowing how to:
Throw together a solid pasta sauce on short notice
Roast garlic
Poach eggs
Make a pie crust
Steep a cup of tea from loose black tea
Most of my days are framed around one of these items – though lets not [...]
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I got into canning last year when I found a recipe for High Bush Cranberry Jelly that my grandmother used to make when she was alive. High bush cranberries grow rampantly at my grandfather’s farm (other side of the family) and though it’s a long process it meant fresh cranberry jelly with Thanksgiving & Christmas [...]
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Two of my favourite things about having people over to the house are:
There is now enough space for three or more people to come over, sit down, and eat a meal.
I can try out new recipes!!
Usually with work I’m pretty beat in the evenings which, when combined with the fact that I’m an early to [...]
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