Stories

This is such a simple recipe but foolproof. It is special to me because it has been passed down three generations and I can still...

My name is Michael Fincher and I’m a chef originally from Cairo Georgia. I moved to Canada from New York about 15 years ago and I...

I chose Almond Green Beans (as they’re known in my family, though properly they’re called Green Beans Almandine) as it was one of the...

Growing up summers were spent down south in Missouri and Arkansas with family. Memories from that time are rich – afternoons wading...

The recipe I decided to share is my grandma’s recipe for Radio Pudding. When asked why it was called Radio Pudding, my grandma laughed...

I learned how to make Butter Brickle from a friend of mine, and have probably been making it for forty years now. It’s always been a big...

Beef and Green Peppers is the first recipe I learned to make. I did cook before, but it was mostly from a box or throwing meat on the...

I’m not a baker. Not really, at least. But it was the end of the school year, and we were having a special function for it, and I decided...

I have always loved to travel, and with that comes an adoration for food from other countries and cultures. I’ve enjoyed homemade rice,...

Shortly after our oldest daughter was born, our family moved to Winnipeg. When we arrived, we didn’t know anyone, but lucky for us there...

I was born in Brockville, but I grew up in Mallorytown. Living in the country is really a different experience, even compared to the...

I came to Canada in 1987, when I became engaged to my first husband. He lived in Toronto, so I moved there, where I lived for 18 years...

I’m something of a nomad. I enjoy moving and exploring new places. I was born in Toronto, and currently live in Brockville, but I have...

I grew up in Brockville, left for bigger cities and when presented with an opportunity to return to Brockville to live and work, I was...

Favourite Things Maxine, though we mostly call her Max, is turning one at the end of the month. She obviously can’t write or be...

I remember visiting Brockville when I first came to Canada from the US. I was living in downtown Toronto at the time, but my...

It was the dead of winter, a day so cold that when you inhaled through your nostrils, they’d stick together. The snow was heavy and...

I moved to the Leeds Grenville area from Ottawa in 2006 because my first grandchild was about to be born here. The first few years we...

We didn’t know about this area before we first visited here. If we hadn’t stopped on our way from Montreal to Oakville, I don’t know...