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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Peach Galette is peach of a pie
Yippee, it’s peach season and time for that quintessential dessert: peach pie.
Posted in peach, Recipe
Tagged brush edges, cane sugar, clump, cold butter, currant sauce, delectable food, egg mixture, feeder tube, food processor, happy accident, inch pizza pan, julia child, peach galette, peach mixture, peach pie, plastic wrap, purpose flour, red currant, season and time, vegetable shortening
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Nibbles and Bites
Food sleuth is my name; sleuthing is my game.
In keeping with the above, I am reporting on some excellent finds — two in the Stratford region where I still spend weekends at my “country home”, the other in Toronto where I am on weekdays.
Posted in Restaurant, Story
Tagged berkshire pork, butchers, chicken eggs, chopped chicken, crusted tilapia, delicious dinner, delish, fillings, fish and chip shop, fish and chips, gerrard, ground beef, halibut, light batter, mozzarella, pie pastry, pizza dough, pork loin chops, sleuth, spicy sausage
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In-your-face pie fest was a slice
In spite of the mild sun-stroke I incurred during the sweltering afternoon heat at a recent country pie festival, it was all worth it. It happened in a lush field at the lovely McCully’s Hill Farm located a short drive from my part-time home of Stratford, Ont.
