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Archive for June, 2007

Butter Biscuits

A hot pan of mom’s tea biscuits.
I’d often come home to this in primary school. It’s simple as
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1/2 cup chilled butter
3/4 cup milk
Sift floour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry knife until the flour-butter is the texture of oatmeal. Make […]

Summer Solstice Treats

Flashback to yesterday…picture window to the street, meeting up for treats, conversation at the wobbling turning point of seasons, thunder and sun, muggy and downpour, sun and chilly wind.

A Pure Gelato outting with Amanda from the long line of flavors.

They have crepes too. What was the name of the cheese? [Click pics to embiggen.]

Green Door

Been a while. No worries, haven’t keeled over from starvation.
A bit of catching up then.

A buffet tray of navy beans and whatnot from The Green Door which now has the 4th edition of their cookbook back in stock (at about $21 each). The recipes in the hefty book seem simple in ingredients and […]

Pizza x 3

Brie, pear, herb pesto on a thin crust at Black Thorn.

Asparagus and broccoli pizza at home.

Fresh torn herbs and unripened cheese and some danish rinded cheese and mushrooms.

Quick Warm Day Repast

A mix of types of olives, some whole wheat baguette, olive oil dotted with balsamic vinegar and a radish for crunch.

Pancakes with Rhubarb Sauce

Some cran-lemon pancake mix was a little plain. Some field berries dropped in, some kithul treacle and then for variety for next plate, some rhubarb sauce.

A rhubarb sauce recipe is simply apple sauce making for rhubarb — chop the stalks to short lengths, adding some sugar and water and cook in a pan for […]

Farmer’s Market and Treats

Green tea gelato scooped with chocolate cashew make a bonus with the farmer’s market green onions and tomatoes.