Dinner tonight… Chard and White Bean Stew Clean up and chop up a healthy quantity of swiss chard, and toss it in some boiling water for a minute. Then drain the water. Chop up… Shallots Garlic Celery Carrots Fresh thyme if you’ve got it (substituting… Read More
Tuffy P made hot muffins tonight. I don’t just mean they were hot out of the oven. No no no. These were savoury muffins, made with cheese and hot chiles. You may remember that I dried a batch of scotch bonnets the other day and… Read More
I decided to take a quick look this morning at the Enchanted Mushroom Forest to see if anything had started happening after the rain. The short answer is that there were a few tasty edibles around and the forest was good and wet. I found… Read More
Mashed potatoes and gravy from a machine. This comes to you courtesy of The Presurfer, where anything is possible.
Shortbreads. Yum.
photo by Tuffy P, excessive cropping by me
This has been such a bizarre early spring, with many things in the garden greening up way early, it’s difficult to judge when the morels will show up. I see on Twitter that it is turning into a great season for morels in many places… Read More
I heard on the radio today that today marks the 100th anniversary of the Oreo cookie. I just want to say that I’m not against Oreo cookies, and if I happened to have a bag in the cupboard, I might just have a couple before… Read More
I mentioned a few days ago that we had some new businesses opening in Long Branch. Melt, located on the south side of Lakeshore, between 27th and 28th Streets, had their unofficial opening today. Tuffy P was up in Richmond Hill this evening, visiting her… Read More
I mentioned a few days ago that there’s going to be a grilled cheese joint opening up in Long Branch. They open on the 15th and they have their website up now. The menu looks good, and I’m looking forward to stopping in for a… Read More
27th Street 