Flatbread with Roasted Peppers and Goat Cheese
September 2, 2014 8:00 am 4 CommentsPizza and flatbreads are nice to make any time of the year. With summer entertaining and perhaps casual foods on... View Article
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Yellow Zucchini Pickles
September 1, 2014 8:00 am 2 CommentsI am not one for canning and freezing foods in a serious way. I like the idea, it sounds romantic,... View Article
Salmorejo – the gazpacho from Andalucia
August 31, 2014 8:10 am 6 CommentsTraveling is an education. It’s more than visiting historical sites and driving through beautiful new landscapes. It challenges our assumptions... View Article
Grilled peaches with honey yogurt and basil
August 31, 2014 8:00 am Comments Off on Grilled peaches with honey yogurt and basilWe have had some magnificent peaches here in the Okanagan Valley this year. Peach orchards are interspersed among the more... View Article
Read this: Summer 2014 and Rosemary Lemonade Recipe
August 30, 2014 8:00 am Comments Off on Read this: Summer 2014 and Rosemary Lemonade RecipeEvery now and then I post links to articles that I find interesting, this time with a bonus recipe for... View Article
Tisane – herb tea from your garden, and ordering herb tea in Spain
August 30, 2014 8:00 am 2 CommentsI was told off (gently) by the waiters in Spain. While traveling around this beautiful country for a couple of... View Article
Slow roasted tomatoes salad with buffalo mozzarella
August 27, 2014 9:55 am 4 CommentsThe tomatoes came in late this year, it was well into August before we saw the first ripe local red... View Article
Pasta salad
August 14, 2014 8:09 am 6 CommentsSome beautiful food came and went through my kitchen this week but unfortunately I did not manage to photograph it.... View Article
Apricot Lavender cake
August 9, 2014 8:00 am 10 CommentsI finally got around to take my Kelowna foodie “crew” for an evening sail on the beautiful Okanagan lake. On... View Article
Fried Potato Cakes
August 5, 2014 8:00 am 2 CommentsPotato cakes, latkes, potato pancakes, all describe the same thing: potatoes mixed with onion, eggs and flour, formed into cakes... View Article
Lavender Cake
August 4, 2014 8:00 am 7 CommentsThe Okanagan is prime location for growing many things, lavender included. There is lavender everywhere you look and it grows... View Article
Painted Rock Estate Winery alfresco summer celebration with Joy Road Catering
August 3, 2014 8:00 am 1 CommentJohn Skinner stood me up before we even met:). Laura (the culinary travel guide) and I attended the chic Visa... View Article