(Stolen picture from the internet. I appreciate you not suing me. I have enough on my mind right now). Thank God for Mom, Ed, and Auntie Ann. When these three travel together, they start the day with a shot of brandy. At first I was a bit surprised by this, but you know what? Brandy…

This is a picture of a Battenburg Cake. I feel I must explain what it is, as in my last blog post comment, I mention this cake.  What you are looking at is a nice spongy cake in white and pink. The cake is surrounded, not by regular icing, but a delicious and wonderful marzipan….

Having the luxury of some extra time at home this afternoon, I felt in the mood to make potato salad. I wanted to make something to accompany the sloppy joes I made for supper.  I  have been utterly possessed with the idea of making sloppy joes for the past two weeks. I have done a…

This was my first Edmonton Foodie Meetup, and what a treat it was! 16 of us got together at Famoso Neopolitan Pizzeria at 11750 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton. We perched ourselves on top of wobbly stools and settled in for an evening of chit-chat and food blog banter. Since the fine people at Famoso are probably…