I only very rarely ever buy ready made salad dressings, preferring to make my own. When I was growing up I am not sure there was such a thin...

I always have a bowl of lemons on my kitchen counter here at Oak Cottage. They come in handy for so very many things. It seems I am always...

Sometimes I just like to cook a simple supper for Todd and myself. Nothing too fancy, or involved . . . using simple ingredients and cookin...

Back home in Canada, this is Thanksgiving weekend. If I was over there I'd be in a flurry of baking pumpkin and pecan pies, peeling a t...

I think my favourite comfort supper of all, especially on a cold and rainy day, has got to be tomato soup with a toasted cheese sandwich. Th...

I picked up some beautiful little blueberries yesterday at my local shop that were quite tiny in size and for once they didn't come ...

For the last fortnight over here in the UK , we've been celebrating all that is good about British Food in an annual event called Britis...

Rice was not something that my mother ever cooked for us when I was growing up. I think it was because my dad liked meat and potatoes. I w...