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Creamy White Bean Soup
This creamy white bean soup is superb in its simplicity, its warm buttery base accented with the pale green astringency of the celery and an undercurrent of bright lemony flavour. Despite its seemingly precarious balance of delicate flavours this soup is extremely fast to assemble and simple to execute; it’s also an ideal soup to…
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Raclette Party!
Last week I had an absolutely sublime 7-day visit with my mom who was visiting from London, Ontario. We had so much effortless fun together – going for long walks, having quiet lunches in nice restaurants, drinking gin and tonics, observing bald eagles, and repainting all of my kitchen cupboards turquoise. On Thursday night I…
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Perfect Roast Chicken
Preparing and roasting a chicken that is falling-off-the-bone tender and loaded with flavour is an easy task that demands only a little preparation and assembly, the rest of the time requires nothing more than patience (which is usually slightly more difficult than the small amount of chopping and arranging that is needed.) The not-so-secret tip…
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Roasted Fingerling Potatoes
I am not one for bragging about my own cooking, in fact I would say that if anything I need to work on my self-confidence when presenting friends and family with offerings designed to please their gastronomic senses. However, I can say with the utmost self-assuredness that I make absolutely perfect roasted fingerling potatoes and…
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Summer Corn Chowder with Aged Cheddar
I’m going to admit that up until I made this corn chowder I had never really been interested in eating, let alone preparing, chowder of any kind. It’s not something my mom used to make and I find myself leery of seafood in soup form (I know this is irrational, but I’ve never really connected…