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2023 garden planning & preparation: procuring potatoes

January 3, 2023 No Comments

Getting ready for a new year of potatoes Russian Blue Potato Flowers…

Tomatoes Review: 21 varieties for 2023

November 12, 2022 No Comments

Tomatoes Review: 21 varieties for 2023 This year I began with 19…

Easy dry salt-cured olives and olive salt

November 9, 2022 4 Comments

Dry cured olives for entertaining and family dinners My favourite olives both…

Frozen & preserved food & power outages

November 6, 2022 2 Comments

Transformer fire The first power outage of the…

Brine Curing Black Olives

November 5, 2022 No Comments

Additional heading Olives are so simple to prepare and home-cured olives are…

Trapping Wild Sourdough Yeast

November 30, 2014 1 Comment

Trapping a wild yeast culture is the first step in making true…

Enoteca Sociale – Bella Cucina

November 29, 2014 1 Comment

Review and photographs by Gayle Hurmuses Enoteca Sociale is one of my…

Eatin’s Canada – November

November 18, 2014 No Comments

Roasted Vegetables and Polenta Soup November is the…

Greek Style Pan Pizza Dough

by Gayle Hurmuses
March 7, 2015February 12, 2023

Deep dish and delicious Once upon a time, I would want to make pizza and if the weather was nasty out, I’d just forget about… Read More »Greek Style Pan Pizza Dough

Overnight Sourdough with rosemary, rock salt, and sesame crust.

No Knead Sourdough Bread

by Gayle Hurmuses
December 7, 2014January 20, 2023
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This is dead easy and makes great bread! Our simple instructions for the Sourdough Yeast Culture can be found at this link. As to the flour… Read More »No Knead Sourdough Bread

Trapping Wild Sourdough Yeast

by Gayle Hurmuses
November 30, 2014January 7, 2023
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Trapping a wild yeast culture is the first step in making true sourdough bread and easy as could be. Please note that these instructions call… Read More »Trapping Wild Sourdough Yeast

Enoteca Sociale – Bella Cucina

by Gayle Hurmuses
November 29, 2014January 7, 2023
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Review and photographs by Gayle Hurmuses Enoteca Sociale is one of my favourite restaurants. I’ve been there a handful of times…the food is invariably excellent,… Read More »Enoteca Sociale – Bella Cucina

Enoteca Sociale Rosemary Focaccia

by Gayle Hurmuses
November 29, 2014January 7, 2023
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This Focaccia recipe comes courtesy of Enoteca Sociale, which is reviewed here.

Sunflower Bread from Deaf Smith

by Gayle Hurmuses
November 25, 2014November 29, 2023
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From the Deaf Smith Country Cookbook, this Sunflower Bread is my favourite whole wheat bread recipe ever. It’s softer and fluffier than the Phyllis’ Bread that we… Read More »Sunflower Bread from Deaf Smith

Phyllis’ Bread from Deaf Smith Cookbook

by Gayle Hurmuses
November 24, 2014February 2, 2023
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A great recipe from an outstanding book Photos by Gayle Hurmuses and Gisela McKay This recipe comes from the Deaf Smith Country Cookbook, by Marjorie… Read More »Phyllis’ Bread from Deaf Smith Cookbook

Purity Flour White Bread on tins to cool

Warm Bread for Cold Days: Purity Flour Cookbook White Bread

by Gayle Hurmuses
November 22, 2014January 17, 2023
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There is nothing better than a fresh slice of bread with butter melting into it. I made my first pies at the age of 8… Read More »Warm Bread for Cold Days: Purity Flour Cookbook White Bread

I have wanted to use this Cornbread Cacti baking pan for more than 15 years!

Lisa Shamai’s Corny Cornbread

by Guest Contributor
November 21, 2014January 31, 2023

I first had this cornbread at Mr Rick and the Biscuits, CD release party for Cocktails & Cornbread in 2005 (here’s the title song, somewhat… Read More »Lisa Shamai’s Corny Cornbread