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Recipe: Apple and Ginger Truffles

April 26, 2011

As a child, whenever my table manners were less than stellar, my mother would fix me with a gaze that could freeze time. With a mixture of horror and regret, she would inform me that I was not yet ready to have tea with the Queen. Her tone implied an invitation had been winging its [...]

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Recipe: Ginger Orange Carrot Soup

November 15, 2010

I’m not psychic but something tells me that before the winter is over, my copy of Jeanelle Mitchell’s For the Love of Soup is going to be dog-eared, grease-splattered and a fought over. Sorry extended family, but you’ll have to get your own copy. I can’t imagine being without mine for long. I first heard [...]

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Frozen Ginger and a Garlic Peeler

February 9, 2010

My recent CTV appearance proved my career as a mind reader would be short lived. I went on expecting some reader questions about roasted vegetables. Nope. Everyone seems to have them down pat. Instead, everyone was interested in frozen ginger and “that garlic thing.” So, here goes: Frozen Ginger I started freezing ginger when I [...]

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From the Archives: Ginger Ice Cream Pie

June 23, 2009

I just found out my friend Geoff is coming to town this summer. His visit is more than a month away, but I have got to start planning the pie NOW. You see, I’m into cakes and cookies, but Geoff is all about Pie-Pie-Pie. For my dad, the decision would be easy — Lemon Pie [...]

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Quick Carrot Ginger Saute

November 18, 2008

This rainbow of carrots is one of my souvenirs from the Royal Winter Fair. I figured they’d go over better than adopting a lop or lamb. I was going to use them to make a healthy carrot ginger soup for Accidental Hedonist, but just couldn’t bring myself to puree these gorgeous colors into mush. So, [...]

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Ginger Ice Cream Pie

November 11, 2008

I live in the birthplace of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. I learned his poem In Flanders Fields in Grade 5. I still know it by heart, and it still makes me cry. Tonight, Andrew will give a lecture on the horrific battle of Passchendael. We don’t take the sacrifices of the past lightly. In many [...]

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