Lobster Risotto is my husband, Ralph’s signature dish which our family requests on special occasions. Because Ralph only gets to cook when I’m working, I had actually never watched his process before this past Saturday night. When Kaitie asked him … Continue reading
Hello again… literally stolen from Adele and typed with the same emotion. I couldn’t resist. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since my last post. For those of you who’ve forgotten who I am, my name is Michelle. … Continue reading
My love language is food. What’s yours? Saturday, while I was preparing food, I thought about how much I enjoy cooking. Every part of it. The menu planning, grocery shopping, kitchen time and, best of all, eating with people I … Continue reading
Fish Cakes, Lady Ashburnham Pickles and a fried quail’s egg – oh yeah! A proper east coast fish cake – we all think our own family’s recipe is the original, by the way – is a mixture of mashed russet … Continue reading
For a Maritimer, seafood and Christmas go hand in hand. It’s not that we don’t eat fish and seafood the other eleven months of the year; we do! At Christmas time it’s different. We honour the bounty of the sea that surrounds … Continue reading
You’d be hard pressed to knock on any door in the Maritimes and not find a recipe for lobster chowder. It would be even harder to find two the same! The magic in this particular chowder is the addition of … Continue reading
The moment that Meaghan told me that she was leaving home defined the beginning of a new mother daughter connection. We would learn to condense our relationship into meaningful but limited periods of time. I can’t believe that four years have … Continue reading
It was a quiet day. A day of talking about life with my daughter Sara. We tried to pick fiddleheads but found we were a week late. Old time farmers have a lovely saying. ‘When bilberry blossoms are as big as … Continue reading
Being married to a hockey player has tried my patience more than once. When the girls were little, it was nothing for Ralph to have been on the road for three nights in mid February to come home long enough to change his clothes, give … Continue reading
There is nothing I love better than having somebody cook for me. It matters not whether the food is edible although it is a lovely plus! The idea that someone would take time from their day to consider a menu, … Continue reading
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