Gearing Up for the FTE

Does everyone have their storm preps done? At this writing (Thursday night) the Big Storm of Doom is stretching all the way back to the Dako...

How to Cook Maple Syrup

I should say this is ONE way to cook maple sap into maple syrup. We are probably doing it wrong but it totally worked! So we were really exc...

It was a chicken-tastic day!

We've been working our way thru the winter meat chickens so this week has been about parting up heaps of meat. I had a complete and to...

Smoked Duck and Bacon Hash

That's what we had for blunch today.... it was really great. Bacon - from the yard . Duck - smoked it a while ago Taters - home grown an...

A Fabulous Pancetta

Remember t hat shockingly beautiful belly piece we got from our last pork butcher day ? It was naturally rolled which made it a candidate fo...

How about a little petit déjeuner?

Croissants. Nailed it. Any body want to come on over for a little chocolat chaud  and some croissants? It's what's for breakfast. Fi...

Complicated Pastry Day - Part Two

I just loved my Complicated Pastry Days so much I just can't stop talking about them. So now... the puff pastry portion - part 2. Would ...

Sunday Morning

My new Sunday morning... Who am I kidding? I didn't have just one little croissant! We are about the get a cold spell - could be the col...