This is getting monotonous, not to mention scary. I have thought a lot lately about my grandmother, my mother’s mom who died in the last great pandemic that swept the world, the 1918 flu epidemic....

Healthy updates to old favorite recipes have been on my mind lately. It is the time of year to figure out what to do with all that zucchini, and how to add in fresh herbs. Of course, I want to...

Cardamom Apple Nut Cake My late mother-in-law, Grace, loved to bake cakes. She didn’t like to make pies, even though she was really good at making beef pasties. She gave me two recipes for...

"We had a fabulous time at my home on Monday June 18th at the CHUM Rhubarb Festival Fundraiser ""Artisan, Jams and Preserves!""  Thank you to all who attended and made this event such a fun and...

German Christmas Cookies It’s in late summer and early autumn when Lebkuchen, the traditional gingerbread cookie appears in the open markets of Germany, especially in Nürnburg. We were there...

On the Viking Sky I was looking forward to this trip; we have never been on a river cruise before. The flight to Budapest was long and tiring a full 32 hours of travel counting the layover...