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Join us at Horsepower Ranch for a Ranch Style Breakfast with Santa! Dec 20, 2020 from 8am - 12pm - Tickets required and can be purchased at https://form.jotform.com/203223465231141 Visit with Santa and get 1 - 5 x7 photo printed on... Read more

"Sale" with a smiling A, a hand-drawn sign whose blocky letters resemble the neighboring Japanese character, for "goods." Another hand-drawn sign describes warabimochi as "a bracken-starch dumpling. It's a sweets," but it's also too jiggly for a decent photo of... Read more

I've had to look up this information a few times so this blog post will make it easier for me to find this information in the future. In the EU Vermouth = fortified aromatized wine with artemisia (wormwood) species. Americano... Read more

Appetizer in progress (placemat by La FABBRICA del LINO) Our current Cook the Books Club selection is the novel The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams1, a mystery that revolves mainly around a bookstore (libreria). The bookstore's owner,... Read more

If you think the best gifts of the holiday season come right from your cozy kitchen, we've got some great recipes you'll want to check out. Muffins, pies, tarts...you just know that every sweet treat you bake for a good... Read more

We mention Canada's entries to the Oscars when we talk about the Best Foreign Language Film | Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. Other outlets mention In Darkness, the Poland entry at the same Oscars where Monsieur Lazhar also made the top 5 cut in the ceremony on February 26, 2012. In Darkness | W ciemności is primarily a Polish production along with Germany and Canada. Canadian screenwriter David F. Shamoon wrote the screenplay based off the Robert Marshall book In the Sewers of Lvov. The major actors are mostly Polish and German, no surprise given the story of hiding Jewish people in the sewers during World War II. There may be producers on the film or financial support from Canada along with Shamoon's screenplay contribution. This is a lighter footprint that other co-production Canadian films such as Brooklyn. Read more

Man, leave it to 2020. For the umpteenth time, I was assigned an "urgent" request....this time on Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving, needed by Monday. So, while I did take Thanksgiving off, I worked over the weekend. Luckily, I was able... Read more

Caribbean brunch: jerk shrimp and grits; yard-style brisket (hidden beneath the vegetables and eggs); and, best of the bunch, a bake with ackee and salt fish. A bake can be baked, but often (as here) it is fried. When fried... Read more

Small but mighty, and, falling into the category of somewhere-in-between-a-dip-and-a-spread, this easy-to-make appetizer is appropriate to serve at, or make-and-take to, any holiday gathering -- it's sublime. It's also a great recipe to keep in your back pocket in case... Read more

Although tempted by a tray of raspberry "rugulah," I carried off a dessert that seemed closer to the baker's heart: sweet potato pudding. This version of the Jamaican favorite was much darker than most, and firmer, too, even if you... Read more