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Canadian expat living in the United States who is always up for a good meal.
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Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

While making the chicken piccata tonight I decided to be ambitious and make chocolate chip cookies at the same time. Why whole-wheat? I had a couple of leftover bags of whole-wheat flour sitting around and came across this recipe from Kim Boyce’s Good to the Grain book. What cinched it was the reviews that  I...
Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins

I always have problems making banana bread or muffins. No matter what recipe I use. It’s too mushy or it doesn’t rise or it doesn’t have that rich banana taste. I always mess it up somehow. But I try and try again. This time, I adapted a recipe from Williams-Sonoma Muffins. It actually had the...
Baked Chicken with Mustard Sauce

Baked Chicken with Mustard Sauce

Our family friend first made this recipe for us way back in the late 80s if I remember correctly and it has been part of my collection ever since. The recipe comes from a chef named Umberto Menghi who has four restaurants in B.C., cooking school in his native Italy, published numerous cookbooks, and even...