Homemade applewood smoked bacon is easy to make with simple ingredients and techniques. You have to wonder who thought it was a good idea to take a chunk of pork belly, rub it with sugar, salt and spices and, after allowing it to rest for a few days decided it needed a nice layer of…
Smoked Maple Canned Salmon
This Smoked Maple Canned Salmon preserves this incredible catch to enjoy for many months. Preserving Your Catch It has been a summer of food, gardening, renos and photography. Fresh fish from Pacific Ocean, live lobster and scallops flown in from Eastern Canada, herbs, berries and veggies from the garden, a few cool updates to my…
Borscht
Traditional Borscht has it roots in classic Ukrainian dishes, made with inexpensive home-grown vegetables. Traditional Family Recipe This is a soup I have enjoyed my entire life. It was one made 1000 times in my baba’s kitchen. She kept it very simple…
Clam Chowder
Clam Chowder is easy to make with simple ingredients that you can source locally. This recipe is an adaptation of a recipe I discovered in one of my most cherished cookbooks. The Lily Wallace New American Cook Book dated 1946. It is one of the few books I have on display in my kitchen, grateful…
Iced Coffee
Iced Coffee is easy to make at home using hot or cold brewed coffee concentrate. The Love of Coffee Do you enjoy coffee. Hot, cold, iced, with chocolate, foam, no foam, what is your perfect cup of coffee? I love my coffee and I can drink it all day long, from my morning coffee to…