In our childhood home, Christmas dinner used to always end with a suet pudding with hard sauce. Lovingly made a month or so ahead of time to be part of the day’s celebrations. Unfortunately, most of us children didn’t like the pudding. It was too heavy following an exhausting day and a big dinner. Even…
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Pumpkin Scones with Ginger
For the past week or so, the island has been blanketted in fog. Occasionally in the afternoon we get glimpses of blue sky which sends shots of light through the lingering wisps of fog, creating forests of sunbeams. Even though I know that the sky is blue up above the fog bank, I live in…
Cumberland Rum Nickies
Dried fruit is usually tucked to the back of the pantry through the summer months, while we make use of the fresh fruits available. As the leaves change colour, they slowly they sneak their way forward to the front of the shelf, to be tucked into salads, cookies and loaves. These little pastries, Cumberland Rum…
Moroccan Salad with Quinoa
We used to have a flat-weave picnic basket. It was lined in green tartan, and had a place for everything that a family might need for a great lunch. Today we tend to pack lunches into coolers or backpacks, with lots of ice or freezer paks. Somehow our unchilled lunches of yesteryear never made us…
Molasses Crinkles
The summer is winding down. Even though the days are still warm, the sun has dropped out of sight by 8PM, and the nights are cold. I refuse to say it’s fall, as there’s technically still a week or so of summer left. However, the fragrance of cooked spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger…
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