My mom and dad were coming for a visit recently, and my dad likes homemade cookies with his afternoon tea. No store bought cookies for my old man! He’s too spoiled by my mom’s home cooking. So I decided to get busy in the kitchen and whipped up a batch of oatmeal cookies with white [...]
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On The Shores Of Huron
I was back in my hometown of Sarnia recently and thought I’d post some photos I took of Lake Huron. I grew up a stone’s throw from the beach there, and I feel very lucky that my parents still live in the same house, so I can always go home for a visit. If anyone [...]
Happy Canada Day!
It’s Canada Day today, so I thought I’d share a photo I made a couple years ago. I tried to reproduce our beautiful Canadian flag, au naturel, on a sunny, fall day using maple leaves and rock.
Home-style Chicken Soup
Here’s a recent shot of some homemade chicken soup. It’s based on the recipe for Home-style Chicken Soup in Barbara Kafka’s excellent book Roasting: A Simple Art. This is my second attempt making chicken soup from scratch, and this time I think I made a mistake by making the stock in a slow cooker. The [...]
Doors Open Toronto – Hindu Mandir
A few weeks ago, during Doors Open Toronto, I visited the wonderful Hindu temple constructed north of the city last year. It’s officially known as a Mandir, and it’s the only building of it’s kind in Canada. This truly beautiful structure was built by 1,800 craftsmen using ancient building techniques and thousands of tonnes of [...]
