The Best Vanilla Cake. All bakers search for the best vanilla cake recipe. After 30 years, I developed my own moist, buttery, perfect vanilla cake; with Marshmallow Frosting too.

Glory Glory It’s Morning Muffins. A hearty, wholesome morning muffins recipe courtesy of George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast Kitchen Recipes by Todd Warren and Dale Cameron.

This delicious steak and tomato panini with cheddar cheese was another plan-ahead meal I enjoyed for lunch one day last week after a grilled steak dinner the evening before. I purposely grilled an extra striploin steak to ensure there would be leftovers to make it. Even if you prefer your steak well done, it is better to …

At this time of year we often entertain in the garden and even if guests come to dinner, drinks and hors d’ouevres are almost always served on the back deck. Because our deck is at the bottom of a terraced garden, it is a pretty sheltered spot, even from the cooler evening summer breezes we sometimes get here …

Here’s a very successful experiment that I tried last week when making brioche for a bread pudding I had planned for a dinner party. Here in Newfoundland we love our “toutons” which are  pieces of white bread dough, traditionally fried in fat back pork. The brioche dough needs to be fried at a lower temperature …

Grilled Flatbreads, Garlic Oil and a Brunch Idea. How to make homemade garlic oil and then use it on homemade flatbreads made right on the backyard grill.

Brioche Rolls. The classic French sweet bread prepared as rolls that are perfect to serve with many meals or on their own with butter and your favourite jam for brunch.

Lime Peach Salsa – a summer fresh recipe to try at the height of peach season. It goes deliciously well with everything from grilled fish to quesadillas! Lime Peach Salsa With the summer peach season in high gear we’ve been enjoying this beautiful fruit in several ways this week, including last evening when we had …

Broiled Cheddar Steak Quesadillas. No need for frying with these crispy quesadillas which can use leftover steak, chicken or pork. Just brush the outsides of the tortillas with a little oil and crisp them to golden brown under the broiler. Here’s another leftover rescue recipe that I really planned in advance after a grilled steak …

Garden Pasta Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing – a delicious fresh garden salad meets a pasta salad in this ideal BBQ side dish idea for the summer months.  Summer is definitely pasta salad season at our house and this garden pasta saad is terrific for the season. This one uses fresh garden vegetables and herbs …