Cooler weather somehow always conjures up memories of eating homemade soup from my Mom’s kitchen.  She was always making sure we had something to warm us up and a hearty soup invariably did the trick!  Broccolini is a green vegetable similar to broccoli with small florets and long, thin stalks.  It is a cross between…

I enjoy preparing this sort of meal but I was shocked to see that the shrimp were imported from Thailand!  Surely with the Atlantic ocean on our doorstep I could find it locally.  The Nova Scotia Fisheries and Acquaculture site show that shrimp fishing is alive and well in Nova Scotia.  “The Scotian Shelf shrimp…

Shrimp scampi is a deliciously decadent Italian seafood dish. It is a rich, buttery treat and is simple to prepare. According to the culinary research published on the Food Timeline, “The earliest reference to shrimp scampi in The New York Times is a restaurant advertisement published May 9, 1956 for The Tenakill Restaurant in Englewood…

My husband, who’s English, introduced me to these pies a long time ago. It’s one of food items we look for when we’re in England.  I love them and the pork pies from Australia are also scrumptious!  Having had my share of these little beauties over the years, I said I would some day make…

It has been a very long time since I made this cake and having just purchased KitchenAid’s 90th anniversary stand mixer, I wanted to christen my new appliance. KitchenAid started in 1919 with the stand mixer and the design is the same as it was 90 years ago. The anniversary stand mixer comes in candy…

This one dish meal is so easy to make and is loaded with vitamins and minerals. Red bell peppers are excellent sources of vitamin C and vitamin A (through its concentration of carotenoids such as beta-carotene), two very powerful antioxidants. These antioxidants work together to effectively neutralize free radicals, which can travel through the body…

I don’t think I’ve ever tried a chicken recipe that didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to and this dish didn’t disappoint. The ingredients call for 16 thigh fillets but don’t fret if you are only a family of four as this recipe freezes easily. Oregano is a member of the mint family…

This cuisine is one of my favorites! Thai food always embodies a balance of sweet, sour, spicy and salty. Thai food has found its way to international popularity but it does seem hard to imagine that only twenty years ago, almost no one outside of Thailand had any knowledge of Thai cuisine. It is a…

I remember the first time I posted and the excitement I experienced once that posting was out there for the whole world to view. It was, indeed, a roller coaster range of emotions I felt on that day. However, 3 years on, I’m still excited and enjoy being part of the blogging world. Much has…

Donna Hay is one of my favorite Aussie foodies and I have a collection of her cookbooks not to mention numerous Donna Hay magazines. Who is she, you ask? Donna Hay is Australia’s leading food editor and best-selling cookbook author. She focuses on basic ingredients, simply prepared and beautifully photographed – hallmarks of her work…

Bangkok has many cooking schools and one that has been around for 30 years is the Blue Elephant Cooking School and Restaurant. The cooking class consists of a visit to the market where your guide will explain the various items within the market and after that head back to the classroom for a cooking demonstration.…