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Today’s post was delayed for good reason – we were waiting to get the release to share the following two secrets we’ve been hoarding (one of them for months) and the approval came after I went to work.  I know I’m a geek but I can’t find the words to say how excited I am [...]

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We rarely post on the same subject twice – there’s always room for exceptions and this is well worth some extra attention.  For those of you familiar with the preserving challenge she is hosting there are a few offers that are new and may help motivate you to join in the fun. There are more [...]

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It’s mid July and the cool of summer has been extending growing seasons. Today’s post is a short reminder – our version of a public service announcement.  90 Minutes of work today can bring you fresh flavour beyond compare come winter.  90 minutes can make the difference between a chemical-filled, poor tasting, imported, gellatenous composite [...]

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It’s just after midnight.  I worked a full day and had a great day.  I visited a new farm on the way home and bought a lot of strawberries (thanks to Jodi for the location).  A lot.  I stopped elsewhere to get rhubarb, sugar and some extra lemon juice.  Ate dinner, started cleaning strawberries. I [...]

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It’s Joel’s birthday on Sunday, there is definitely going to be some getting together with family and friends for food and drink over the weekend. This weekend is also the end of Toronto’s Luminato so we’ll seeing some art and I’m sure experiencing some tastes at the 1000 Tastes of Toronto in the Distillery. Joel [...]

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There really is nothing better – it’s like pulling a fresh peach right off the tree.  A most wonderful breakfast:

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It’s been a while since we’ve put a posting up about preserving – the Canadian winter certainly limits options to create new preserves (although it is certainly possible) and it’s more about consuming than creating and making new preserves…or so I thought. Preserving is the closest thing we have to time travel.  It’s an amazing [...]

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I’m just not that into you – well not that into sweets anyhow.  But some things are like heroin of the preserving world – this is one of them:

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Being that last night was Valentines, I thought Sunday would be an ideal day to post about garlic.  I found a wonderful blog filled with recipes and fantastic photography named Sugarlaws. There are several jam-related articles including one for Garlic Jam – and intriguing promise of one of my favorite things (garlic) and one of [...]

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Y’a learn something new every day - some days are better than others. Apparantly 1 teaspoon (or so) of butter added to your fruit and sugar (before heating) is enough to almost eliminate foam on your jam! For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about – cooking a jam requires bringing [...]

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