My New Tea Routine
I am not sure when exactly my love for tea began. I grew up in a home where coffee was the hot beverage of choice. I will only occasionally drink coffee. I am still trying to acquire a taste for […]
Grandma Lucy’s Christmas Cookies
I distinctly remember the first time I had one of my mother-in-law’s Christmas cookies. It was my first Christmas with Eric, I was madly in love, we were sitting around her kitchen table and she opened up a red Christmas […]
Nick’s Favourite Shake
Shakes are a go to snack and breakfast in our house, especially for the kids. Nicholas loves to have one after a practice or game (or after watching a movie or just before bed or whenever he feels like one) […]
Friday Night Dinners
I always look forward to Friday nights. The whole weekend lay ahead and it is a night open to so many possibilities for dinner amazingness. Friday nights are usually never for cooking in our house. We either order in or […]
Back to School Lunch Tips from My Favourite Food Expert
Hi everyone. My name is Sara Bradford and people USED TO call me the Lunchbox Ninja. For realz. I would be walking down the street and someone would yell out “lunchbox ninja” from their car. I would be in a […]
Our Favourite French Toast
Nicholas holds the record for most pieces of french toast ever eaten at York Street Kitchen. Susie, the original owner, would spoil him with a heaping plate and mounds of bacon. It has been left to me to try and […]
An (almost) Outdoor Dinner Party
This week, Eric and I hosted some friends for a dinner party we had hoped to enjoy outdoors. It put some healthy pressure on us to get some work done in the gardens – which had become equal parts weeds […]
Our Family’s Favourite Cake
The banana cake found in Food that Really Schmecks – a recipe book given to my parents as a wedding gift in 1972 – is hands down our favourite cake. My Grandma would make it with penuche icing and that […]
Eggs: 3 Ways
We eat a lot of eggs each week. It is not unusual for us to go through four dozen. We love to buy them at the Saturday market from Orval Zehr (who looks like my Dad). Chloe is the most […]
The Simplest Chocolate Cake You Will Ever Make
My friend Mick is a writer, director and baker extraordinaire. Whenever he is need of creative inspiration, he bakes. And he often bakes a chocolate cake. I always hope to happen by their house on such days. I was so […]