You start out with an idea, a concept of where you want to take it. A taste, a feel, a look. A finished product to be savoured and enjoyed. ...

We ate strawberry shortcake for dinner the other night. Not for dessert, but for dinner. Just strawberry shortcake for dinner. And it was aw...

Icing on a spoon. Having been to my fair share of preschool birthday parties this year I've noticed that very few kids eat the cake when...

Do you know your neighbours? Will they shovel your walk? Will you shovel theirs? Have you had backyard happy hour together? Built a really n...

It felt good to be back in the kitchen today. An afternoon of crust making, apple peeling, chicken roasting, orange peeling, and even doing ...

This is the cake that very nearly saved my life. Not changed my life, saved my life. I have a very bad habit of waking in the middle of the ...

After finishing 5 articles in a week (recipe testing included) and single parenting for most of that time, frankly, I didn't care much f...

A photo essay on my first conscious gluten free baking experience. Lauren from Celiac Teen came over this morning, a date arranged shortly ...

It's been a rough, rough couple of weeks in the Arkison household. Give us a few more weeks and we should be back on track. This week, h...

After a weekend of landscaping - well, a weekend of mostly providing snacks, lemonade, and advice while Hubby did some landscaping - I thoug...

On a gorgeous weekend not too long ago, Hubby and I indulged in quite a few gin and tonics. We've discovered a new-to-us gin and are ra...

It was Smilosaurus' birthday yesterday. This daredevil, evil genius child of mine is now 2. I'm not at all prepared for it. I don...

Save for a few days over Easter and our wedding anniversary I've been single parenting the last two weeks. What I wouldn't do for be...

For sittin' on the porch and pretending it's summer. This is about the laziest dessert one could make, aside from cutting up fruit a...

In a fit of accidental drinking and eating Hubby and I discovered a fantastic food/liquor combo. Scotch and caramel corn.  In particular, pe...

It was always my job, from about the age of 13 on, to make dessert for Christmas dinner. So long as I was baking away I was relieved of all ...