Sometimes me think what is love, and then me think love is what last cookie is for. Me give up the last cookie for you. ~Cookie Monster Maybe part of love is compromise. Finding a way to navigate and negotiate between the conflicting demands of small and larger humans. Taking … [Read more...]
Honey Corn Bread
I dreamt - marvellous error! - that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures. ~ Antonio Machado What I like most about corn bread is having it for breakfast the next day. Corn bread with honey is … [Read more...]
Mary’s Favorite Oatcakes
In the province of Nova Scotia (where I was born) - and in the rest of the Maritimes - you will find some variation of oatcakes pretty much everywhere you go. You'll even find them at Tim Horton's next to the donuts. Oats grew well in the often challenging conditions of the … [Read more...]
Solidarity Soda Bread
When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.— Cesar Chavez This is actually a traditional Irish soda bread, as taught to me by my Granny Kelly. Today, though, I've got unions on the brain. Unless a … [Read more...]
New Velvet Cupcakes
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. ~Gaston Bachelard I have to admit that I've never quite gotten the appeal of adding a full bottle of red food coloring to a cake batter in order to make it 'red velvety'. It looks … [Read more...]
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