I’ve finally recovered from my week in the kitchen with 37 kids over Spring Break. We had so much fun! I’m stopping now, because I had you at 37 kids, didn’t I? Yes, but they were spaced over two camps (younger kids in the mornings, older ones in the afternoon), not 37 kids all at
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March 27, 2013
Easter Treats for Small Hands: Monkey Bread and Bird’s Nest Cookies
July 8, 2012
Tayberry Lemonade!
Now this is the kind of post that needs to start with exclamation marks! Because it’s summer and the berries are BACK! And there is nothing so refreshing as lemonade, on ice, on the deck, on a hot summer evening – especially if you are school-aged and the lemonade in question is pink! YEAH!! I think I need
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June 30, 2012
What to do with Garlic Scapes
These crazy vegetables – long coiled green things – show up in the farmers’ markets in June. “Garlic scapes,” say the hand-written signs. Sounds good, but what does a person do with garlic scapes in the kitchen? Scapes are the green stems of the garlic plants, trimmed in the spring to prevent their blooms from
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May 30, 2012
A Reuben for my Ruben
My oldest son is named Ruben. We spell it the Spanish way to be all trendy and alternative, although we prefer to tell people that Ruben is named after a Cuban musician. But here’s a secret: I really named him after my one of my favourite sandwiches, the Reuben. Trust me to name my child after a menu item. So… I
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September 19, 2011
Coronation Grape Clafouti
Clafouti is the kind of word, I swear, that chefs love to use to cast a veil of mystery over the simplest of recipes. Actually, I’m only saying this because I made two delicious clafoutis this week and everyone who tasted them said pretty much the same thing: “A… Cla-footie? I have never heard of
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August 20, 2011
Camping Food, Post Two: Tandoori Chicken
I first mentioned this recipe here last summer, after a camping trip with my sister and all of our children. I’m almost ashamed to say that I referred to it as the “tandoori chicken debacle”. My love of drama had gotten the better of me - the tandoori chicken was not a debacle. The chicken was divine,
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August 16, 2011
Dinner with a Farmer
I have a backlog of recipe ideas and photos to share with you, but I have been guilty of taking some vacation time, and leaving important things like recipe notes and photo sticks behind. What can I say? I happen to be visiting my brother-in-law and his family on Gabriola Island right now (also
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June 14, 2011
A Simple Lunch
In honour of how crazy-busy my life is right now, and how crazy it will continue to be for the next few weeks, I want to share a ‘recipe’ for a favourite lunch of mine. A very simple lunch, but one that tastes like an indulgence. This lunch started with a trip to Salt Spring Island. Not
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May 14, 2011
Spot Prawn Curry
I prefer a green curry with seafood, but this is what I had on hand the other night when I came home with my impulse purchase of fresh, amazing, local spot prawns. Stop me before I go on and on about spot prawns. The local season is so short that I go a little off
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May 10, 2011
Mango Salsa
Last week, I treated the participants of my Taco Party cooking class to a little Chef Heidi Special – a recipe that I was trying out for the first time, perhaps for inclusion in a new class. The pros: participants get to try a new recipe, eat an extra dish in the class, and are privy to my
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