tomatoes, tomatoes everywhere…

Who doesn’t love a delicious tomato picked warm from the garden?  I have to admit that I  like them with a little dirt still clinging to the skin.  And that scent…nothing screams summer more than perhaps a clump of basil…but I digress.  Every spring...

Picture Perfect…

I’m still basking in the good vibes which enveloped the wedding of good friends Sarah & Jim this past Saturday. The wedding which took place on the Andrewes Family Farm is about as close to being picture perfect as one can dream.  From the setting, the...

Butter to my bread

I’m not certain that Isa, Patrick and I have quite recovered from the thrill of our “Julie & Julia” outing earlier this week.  We are absolutely giddy with the reaffirmation that our love for all things delicious is indeed a “good...

Jammin and more…

Made a deeelicious batch of apricot jam with Elizabeth Baird on Tuesday.  She inspired me to try mixing apricots with my favourite early golden plums!  Yum!  I have a pot ready to go tomorrow. Had a GREAT lunch together at The Kitchen House,  Ross and Wendy...

What a weekend!

I have to say that I have never lived through such a challenge with weather as I did this past weekend.  We hosted a lovely wedding this weekend in our gardens for Jessica and Mark.  Remember Sunday?  First hot and hazy day of this summer – hard to believe given that...