Mrs. Loobner’s Banana Bread Who can forget Gilda Radner’s characters? And didn’t almost all of us know a Mrs. Loobner, of banana bread fame? The banana bread thing on TV seems to live on—like ...Read More
Six-hour French Onion Soup Ah, the joy of French onion soup—the aroma, the bread, the cheese. Happy memories of slipping into a Parisian bistro on a cold windy March night—sliding the heavy vestib...Read More
HALF SOUR PICKLES After years of zesty but vinegar-y Heinz and Mount Olive—kept trying to find the taste of those pickles in a barrel I remembered from way back. Finally discovered that the very...Read More
Great (EASY) Chicken Wings February barbecue, anybody? Starting to watch folks in down jackets firing up the cookers—desperate for wings and a beer, and Spring! But for anyone still shoveling snow o...Read More
Canadian Butter Tarts on Valentine’s Day A childhood memory—these thin pastries filled with a soft, sweet, sticky filling. All the GranMéres had their own traditional recipes—some with nuts, or...Read More
COLD AND FLU SEASON–COUGH SYRUP You can feel it coming—that bad ‘here comes the cold’ feeling. Get out the Zicam, the Vitamin C chewables, the orange juice. But if it catches you anywa...Read More
CHEESE-TOMATO SALAD WITH BALSAMIC GLAZE A little bit of July in January Balsamic vinegar is a mystery to me sometimes—it doesn’t always work when substituted for other vinegars. But it turns i...Read More
Lazy Lady’s Apple Tart There’s nothing like the sweet smell of an apple pie baking away in the oven to chase away that “will winter ever end” cabin fever. This has got to be the simplest, most...Read More
Photo credit: Roberta Kellam Roberta’s Oysters in a Sea of Butter and Lemon Down our way, oysters are a big deal—and they definitely have terroir! Ask any ardent oyster lover around here, and ...Read More
LONDON FOG AND ELVIS Not quite finished with holiday partying?? How about an Elvis Birthday Party on January 8? Maybe a dessert party—a boozy dessert party? Maybe just the thing to extend the ho...Read More