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For me, what makes the gift giving aspect of the holidays so special is the great joy on recipient's face when you present him/her with something he/she absolutely loves because you know him/her so well. I'm also a believer that those gifts should be as practical as they are personal. So in order to [...]
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“You are taking me to a cupcake decorating class? Why?” That’s how the conversation went between my partner and I as I indicated that were going to spend a few hours decorating cupcakes on a warm Thursday night in Spring.
Continue Reading →The people who say they don’t understand “the point of Twitter”, have no idea what they’re missing. It’s through Twitter that I’ve met people who love to eat and bake as much as I do. I have a new group of Twitter friends who share tips on where to find the best brunch, brownie [...]
Continue Reading →With the cooler weather now here, I can’t think of a better way to warm up my hands than to wrap them around a mug of hot coffee or steaming hot chocolate. I am known to enjoy a little sweet treat with my hot beverages. And cold beverages. Or even no beverages. I will [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been a bad blogger this summer. The patio weather hit and I found myself parked there with a beverage in my hand instead of in the kitchen baking up sweets. I have an old recipe for Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies clipped from the Toronto Star that is at least 10 years old that I turn to [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve fallen in love with my ice cream maker. Our relationship started a year ago with two brief encounters (a short fling, if you will. One vanilla, the other blueberry) and I just wasn’t feeling it. It was a case of, “It’s not me. It’s you.” I take those words back. As with expensive jeans [...]
Continue Reading →I rarely use the same brownie recipe twice. I have at least 20 different recipes for brownies and always like experimenting with the latest one promising a fudgey, dense, chocolatey brownie that isn’t painfully sweet and boasts a deep, rich flavour. I may have found the perfect recipe.
Continue Reading →In my opinion, the best gifts are the ones I can eat. Or the gifts I can use to make something to eat. A wonderful friend of mine gave me 12 vanilla beans and I began dreaming of the ice cream and sweets I would create with these amazing little pods. My first thought [...]
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