Have you ever really thought about that age old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"?
Like, have you ever really stopped to think...
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Amazing Ideas to Use Up Your Homemade Fruit Preserves
I visited the Niagara region this week and we were given a tour of the local stone fruit farms that are now harvesting all the...
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Brining Cherry Tomatoes
There is nothing better than spending a day together with friends...
Actually, spending the day together with friends canning cherry tomatoes, reminiscing about old times, chatting...
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Roasted Tomatoes
So, if you are Italian (or have a neighbour who is), you know that this month is lovingly known as "doing tomatoes" month.
It's actually more...
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Pesto alla Genovese (and some new ways to use it!)
I don't know about you but the smell of fresh basil leaves really brings back special memories for me.
Every year, when the first week of...
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Lunch at Cluny with Bonne Maman
"Dining together with friends and family, is certainly one of life's primal and innocent delights, one that is both soul satisfying and eternal"
Julia Child
If you've...
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How to Make “No Work” Dulce de Leche
Sooo, happy equinox!
Yup, it's fall!
I know it's such a common thing to say but I love fall...beautiful sun filled days, cooler nights, sweaters and boots,...
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How others Preserve!!
Sometimes you are forutnate enough to meet someone with the same love of food that you have.
And...
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Buying and Canning peaches
Front Step Farm is on Bathurst at Gamble Rd (just north of Elgin Mills). It is one of the many local farms...
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“Doin’ tomatoes”…Part Two!
Now the next part of the back breaking work starts...sterilizing, prepping, washing, cutting, gathering, seasoning, boiling, jarring....wow!
There is a reason that this...
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