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Well, I've gone and done it. I've signed up for my first Community Supported Agriculture membership.

Every week from early spring through late fall this year, I will receive a shipment of food and it will be my challenge to come up with great ways to get the stuff to the…

On chilly days I like to eat food that makes me feel warm, but I'm not always in the mood for soup. That's when I turn to hearty grains like farro, brown rice and barley. I created this recipe to use up some leftover kale and realised that molasses is the perfect sweetener to stand up to kale and grains. I…

My husband loves sauerkraut and just the thought of it brings back happy childhood memories in Germany. But the only memory I could conjure about sauerkraut was the smell of boiled hotdogs and sausages sold by street vendors in Freeport, Maine. I'm not much for hotdogs and sausages so the sauerkraut…

Just the thought of chili can warm me on a cold winter’s day. It’s a hearty meal and in many cookbooks is listed as a vegetarian main dish rather than alongside the soups. I have been making black bean chili for years but just last month came across a recipe that included a bottle of beer so I have modified…

I think onions are often underappreciated. You might cook with them every day but they’re never the star of the meal. Onions add body, texture and flavour but are often invisible in a dish. That is, unless you caramelize your onions. Then they can become a versatile suppertime star in pizza and pasta…

Thought I would pass this lovely recipe along... click link below...…

Preserved lemons

This recipe is from Paula Wolfert, a well-known authority on Mediterranean cooking who seems to have a special fondness for the cuisine of North Africa. I keep preserved lemons on hand to add oomph to couscous but have recently rediscovered a tasty recipe for…

In our household winter is soup season, a time of year that a couple of evening meals each week are hearty broths filled with root vegetables, lentils, beans and heavy grains like barley and farro. When it’s cold out soup makes a satisfying supper and an even better lunch the next day.

My secret to a…

Pump House Restaurant in Moncton.

I've never really been one for New Year's Resolutions. To me they're kind of like rules or turnip. Don't like 'em.

But this one's an easier one. Eat, and most certainly drink, more of what's made in New Brunswick and the Maritime region in 2012.

Years ago that meant driving great distances to try any kind…

Author: Robin Mather 

Part autobiography, part cookbook, part DIY manual. Mather spends a year in a 650 sq ft cottage by a small lake in rural Michigan. Follow her experience through the seasons while she describes her efforts to eat local on a modest budget.

If you've ever dreamed of a simpler life this book will inspire you...

Excepts from book description

"Within a single week in 2009, food journalist Robin Mather found herself on the…

I grew up eating this toffee at Christmastime and now make batch upon batch to give as gifts. Made with butter and old fashioned brown sugar…

The fellas over at Epic Meal Time (youtube.com/epicmealtime) have taught us a lot about cooking since they started their Internet cooking sensation back in the summer of 2010.  

 

If you need to deep fry a 30 lb egg roll, assemble a 20 lb meat loaf or just generally find inspiring ways to get many more gallons of whiskey into your family's daily meals, they're the guys with the…

Calling it a cookbook sells Dinner Chez Moi short since it’s as much a book about spending time with family and friends, albeit around the table. Full of delightful stories, thoughtful musings and recipes that you can really…

I love recipes that are accommodating, delicious dishes that work well as a light lunch alongside a salad, as a first course at a dinner party or as an appetizer with a glass of wine or beer. I also love recipes that offer new ways to make use of the 50 lbs of local buttercup squash that I bought in…

Awesome buffet every Sunday at Dune View Inn in Bouctouche, NB. Try also their fabulous deserts : Chocolate cake, cherry cheese cake, lemon pie, peacan pie, chocolate/caramel cheese cake, fruit cup, muffins, and danish. INFO : 877-743-9893…

Homemade granola is a staple in our house. It hits the spot sprinkled on top of cereal in the morning and is my favourite afternoon snack (mixed with yogurt and sprinkled with maple sugar).

Chances are some of your homemade favourites would make welcomed gifts for your friends and family. They're the…

Believe it or not, even in our climate you can eat fresh local vegetables all winter long. The large grocery chains and smaller markets usually carry Maritime-grown root vegetables and onions throughout the year but to find them you have to take a minute to read the labels. Maritime…

I'm a recent convert to cranberry sauce. Growing up I ate it once or twice a year, but I have discovered that it’s

a delicious companion to much more than chicken and turkey. Try it alongside roasted squash risotto, braised parsnips or in the famous Java Moose sandwich combo, tuna salad.

I have…

I never tire of squash, which is a good thing since we put up about 50 pounds of it each fall. Mostly we simply roast the squash and eat as a side dish. But squash is more versatile than you might think.  My son's favourite way to eat it is in a quesadilla, mixed with black beans, cheese, a few greens, and…

I spent months trying to create the perfect Swiss chard galette and finally came up with a recipe so delicious that I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and supper (all on the same day).

This was my goal: I wanted a mouthful of the flavour of greens, without a wet texture, I didn’t want it eggy…