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Roaring Lions Winter Ale Chili

Barbara Bamber — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:50:47 +0000

One of my most curious discoveries of Cross-Country Skiing was the sound your skis make behind you.. you could be convinced someone is following you. This poem sprang from that feeling of someone “lurking” behind, the lengthening shadow as it comes around and stands in front of you while you finish your route.. and the […]

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Tourtiére Hand Pies

Barbara Bamber — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:31:27 +0000

Step away from the butter tarts.. I promised my Facebook friends to post this recipe before New Year’s Eve. These little pockets of heaven are so easy to make and very popular with the guys.. I made a savory Tourtiére Recipe last year, so when I saw these little hand pies over at Simple Bites, […]

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Borrowing Bartolini’s Bone~In Braised Beef Short Ribs

Barbara Bamber — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:02:15 +0000

♥ ♥ A day like this calls for comfort food… perhaps a Bartolini Bone-In Braised Beef Short Rib recipe. There couldn’t be a better recipe than this one… from the Bartolini Kitchens Searing sides of the short ribs then saute the veggies, deglaze, add fresh herbs to season… Tucked into the oven… while tucking into a […]

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Wylie’s Winter Ale Bison Stew

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:15:57 +0000

inspiration began here, with incidental musing… ‘what must it be like to live here and cook over this fragrant wood stove’s heat’ i wondered ‘which traveller came across this secluded thicket and had such vision’ ‘hmmm… (insert google here)… that would be…’ ‘Carl and Flora Wylie in the 1930′s’ and, finally, at the end of […]

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Tourtière, avec l’Amour du Canada

Barbara Bamber — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:04:26 +0000

I have always had a passion for anything French… it began in 4th Grade with the formal introduction of M. et Mme Patapouf and Monsieur Thibeault. Oh, how I adored “la langue française” and worked feverishly to decode what was written. I fervently, no, painstakingly studied numbers to 20 and lists of nouns and verbs. “Tragiquement”, it […]

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“Rictusempra” Chili Cook-Off with Gran’s Cornbread

Barbara Bamber — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:11:58 +0000

There’s been a focus on cooking in volume these past few weeks, Super Store has become my new friend. Gone are the leisurely strolls through the upscale organic food market.“Whole Foods”? Try “Whole Wallet“! Workouts, hockey, wake surfing and voracious appetites left me no other option! except, perhaps, eating out hint hint I had initially planned to […]

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