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When making homemade barbecue sauce, there’s a lot of room to get creative. With the formula of salt, sweet, tart and spice (including heat, if you like), you can riff on the recipe, taking [...]

There are days around here when the hills, dressed in their summer colours set against a painterly sky, are really a feast for the eyes. And if you happen to be near one of our local lavender [...]

The taste of fresh, local produce that comes with spring and summer is something many of us crave all winter long. With the farmer’ s markets back in full swing and grocery shop signs [...]

The month of March around here can be such a ‘mixed bag’ when it comes to the weather, which seems to be the case this year. The morning can start with sun and temperatures in the mid-teens, with [...]

I had never heard of oyster crackers before stumbling on a recipe for them when I was looking for things to garnish soups and chowders. Most typically found on the east coast, Oyster crackers [...]

“This is the best cranberry sauce I’ve ever had,” said my Mom. And while you might think that she’d be bias, knowing that I had made it; she is also a bit of a connoisseur of all things [...]