Book Club Tuesday: In Mary’s Kitchen

Mary Berg is a true gem – in every sense. It’s been close to a decade for me since I started to enjoy the energy, kindness, and skill Berg brings into the kitchen. First, as a competitor (and winner!) of MasterChef Canada, then through her TV programs (Mary’s Kitchen Crush, Mary Makes It Easy, Cross Country Cake-Off, and The Good Stuff), and finally in the pages of her cookbooks (Kitchen Partyreview here and Well Seasonedreview here). For Berg, food is about Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: In Mary’s Kitchen”

Book Club Tuesday: Love & Lemons: Simple Feel Good Food

I always have my ear to the ground when it comes to what home cooks – particularly the ones who are cooking for a family – want from their cookbooks. Since my daughter started school many years ago, I love talking to other parents about what they’re making for lunches or cooking for dinner. There’s always such variety – some people meal plan and grocery shop accordingly, some people (like me) make meals based on the ingredients they have in the moment, and Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Love & Lemons: Simple Feel Good Food”

Book Club Tuesday: Sheet Pan Everything

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It is very funny to be back here, again. This time last year, the world was drifting through the first wave of the COVID pandemic. While people flocked to their kitchens to develop their skills and repertoire of recipes, I think, and I’ll speak for many when I say this: in our kitchens we found comfort and solace in both the familiar dishes that were well-loved in the “before times” as well as the prospect of learning new recipes that might carry us through. As the lockdowns relaxed, people carried on and, while it still seemed the same, everything had changed. Fast forward through a year and Nova Scotia has entered its third wave, and I’m trying to find more recipes to feed my family. Ones that we can enjoy together, ones that might carry us through.

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