‘Twas a Pumpkin of an Evening

I hadn’t had my sister and her family over for dinner in ages and felt it was long overdue!  Last night we finally got together. In September I bought a lovely Cinderalla pumpkin with the intention of doing something good with it.  I was supposed to compare it to a regular every-day…

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OK, Here Goes….

Soooo… Mick just finished the big edit of my very first cooking lesson. With butterflies in my tummy and hope in my heart, here it is. This is our very first attempt so a huge thank you to Laurie-Ève Barriault for taking your time to come over and film me…

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Where Did My Love of Cooking Come From? (A Thank You Letter to those who most influenced me)

Since my exit from the “office world” lots has been going on. I’ve been trying to blog more, trying (not very successfully) to get my website going, making and selling jams and jellies and salsas (so far) and have recorded my first video. All this is in the name of…

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A Stroll Down Recipe Memory Lane

Sometime during our breaks in yesterday’s tapings – we did have to wait for items to cook – I showed Laurie-Ève (my camerawoman for the day) my recipe book & magazine collection and explained to her that my love for cooking and entertaining really started when I was 18-19 years…

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