Adventures of a Home Cook
I first saw reference to a roasted red pepper dip in my now battered copy of Better Homes and Garden’s Cookbook. This was the first cookbook I received as a wedding present, as I charted out into my new life in my own kitchen. Like …
I am obsessed with tomatillos, in part because they are very hard to find this far north of Mexico. For those of you unfamiliar, a tomatillo looks like a small green tomato, wrapped in a paper-like husk. While they can be eaten raw, usually chopped …
I am entirely over winter. I am done with snow, with coats, with multiple layers and endless cold. I am even done with comfort food. I want fresh, crisp greens. I want to cook with handfuls of herbs that come from my garden and not …
I love entertaining. I love that my house is the center-point for many parties, backyard barbeques, holidays, and any time my family members want to “mooch a meal” as we affectionately refer to it. But while I love being the host, it is often difficult …
In honour of Cinco de Mayo I thought I would tackle perfect, authentic guacamole. And while this might seem like an easy task, it is often with the simple recipes that so much can go wrong. Firstly- authentic guacamole only has 5 ingredients: Hass avocados …
The Town of Harrow is a small community in Essex County, just outside Windsor, ON. Essex County is the most southern point in Canada and enjoys long warm summers and an extended growing season (for Canada of course…we are grading on a curve here!). In …
