I think I love my printer
Dear Diary, A few weeks ago I was talking to Harry the printer on the phone, and when I went to say good bye, I said, “Okay love you”, thinking I was talking to my kids I guess. So then I said, “whoops sorry I was thinking I was talking to Robert or the kids”, so then I said, “Well I do love you too!” Â Now I don’t throw around “love you’s” so we had … Read entire article »
mary jones and the amazing fruitcake
Dear Diary, After Mary Jones left to go back to the Island after our hook in she sent me this note with a fruitcake recipe to share.So here it is…. What a great time we had at the “hook-in” on Sat! I’m going to make my fruit cakes tomorrow which reminded me to send along the recipe to you which was given to me by a NFLD hooker who used to live here on the Island. … Read entire article »
Ambrosia Bites from Cheryl Boudreau
Dear Diary, Today at the Hook in, we had about forty rug hookers in the studio, for tea and talk, and time to hook. It was a lovely day, we’ll do it again. We had rug hookers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI and there were new friends made I’m sure. Cheryl Boudreau brought a big container of home made cookies to add to the treat counter and they were a hit. She even gave us the … Read entire article »
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lemon and honey salad dressing
Dear Diary, So I told you I went to Gloria Dunbar’s pottery open house last weekend in Lawrencetown, and came back with a small casserole dish, just a beauty, that stacks into a set of casserole dishes I got last year when she had myself and her friend Nancy as overnight guests at her beautiful place in Lawrencetown. So I have a set of four handmade pottery dishes that stack, serves from oven to table … Read entire article »
thai rice noodles with honey chicken
Thai Rice Noodles with Sticky Chicken This recipe I adapted and have been joyously feeding my family with it all month. It is easy to make and easy to vary.I put it in this months newsletter but wanted to give it it’s own post for the recipe section, and just because it deserves the attention, it is such a good recipe. Cook the rice noodles according to the package , it just takes a minute or two. Prepare … Read entire article »
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heart and hook : black currant scones
by Alicia Steeves This is a great recipe from “The Tassajara Bread Book” by Edward Espe Brown, with the addition of black currants that I picked from Community Forests International‘s Food Forest Garden project. I cut my scones into heart shapes, brushed them with milk, and dusted them with sugar – this helped make them a bit sweeter to counteract the sour taste of the currants. Cream Scones with Local Black Currants 1 c sour milk or buttermilk 6 … Read entire article »
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Date Squares
Date Squares This is a recipes from my mother, when ever someone was coming we made a pan of date squares, epecially if they were coming from away. It is a taste of home. My advice…use butter and eat them slowly…. and enjoy. 1 1/4 cups white flour 1 1/2 cup oats 1/2tsp salt 1 cup brown sugar 1tsp baking soda 1 cup butter. Mix together with hands, until butter is thoroughly mixed through. Pat half into bottom … Read entire article »
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boiled icing
Dear Diary, Lorna who works here always goers on saying how she is not very creative. One day she bought in a cake and Katherine ttok this picture and said, “How can she say he is not creative, look at this.?” I agreed people are too quick to say they are not creative. For example, I cannot create boiled icing but I can do lots of other things. Once for my son’s twelfth birthday, I made … Read entire article »
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