Fateful words were spoken this weekend, they were short and to the point – “You know, the shires are on the hook for Fall Coronation 2012.” That sentence would dominate my quiet points for the weekend, that sentence being statement of intent – my home group will be submitting a bid.
It never occurred to me […]
As I told family and friends on my facebook page last night, I think everyone has one person that you end up getting cooking inspiration from. For me, that’s my mom – the person who started me on my cookbook addiction and encouraged me to try different foods.
During a slow point in […]
The event was a good time spent with friends despite being miserably cold and wet. Once again I prepared too much food but it meant leftovers when we got home. Thorsteinn seemed to enjoy the pulled pork and the stir fry wraps the most. I was very disappointed in the flavour […]
Much as I said earlier, I decided to take a page from my belt-sister Maiwen and cook ahead for this upcoming camping event. I sat down and planned a meal schedule including biscuits for breakfast – then the 32C weather hit. There is no way I’m going to bake in that heat […]
Seeing the ease with which my friends Gann and Maiwen have their dinner at camping events made me stop and think about how I could duplicate it. Maiwen makes a variety of hot wraps which generally smell fantastic – they’re frozen ahead and reheated on the barbecue. That got me thinking about what […]
Alas, this dish isn’t really medieval because of the inclusion of a few non-medieval ingredients – it is a variation of a well loved lamb dish that had to be adapted because several people I know don’t like lamb. It’s also exceedingly popular with most of my friends and family so I’m including it. […]
Wow, I’ve been bad. No posts in months which generally isn’t like me. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking of cooking projects, I have, I just haven’t gotten my lazybutt to my computer to type them out.
One of the things that I’m pondering is the perfect steak. Yes, steak in March […]
I come from an incredibly blue collar background and given current economics, I’ve found myself thinking more and more back to concepts I grew up with – buying on sale, buying in bulk and batch cooking.
My plans for tomorrow include a large pot of tomato sauce and a large batch of meatballs. There are […]
My step-grandmother was a bakery assistant – I was never that fond of her baking but wow could she decorate a cake! My maternal grandmother was an awesome baker but she wasn’t one for fancy icings. I fell in love with buttercream because of a local (and I use local loosely) […]
With Christmas around the corner, things are crazy at the store and real life has conspired to keep me from doing a few recipe experimentations I had planned. Then a dear good friend asked me a question on buttercream and I thought – perfect. I had eventually planned to post here about […]
