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Holiday Treats: 2 Family Faves

Chocolate Truffle Mice  My mom used to make these chocolate truffle mice every Christmas. When other kids brought in cookies or bar desserts their moms made during our elementary school Christmas parties, I brought these mice. Santa may have even been left a few mice on more than one occasion. This recipe and the recipe below, candied orange peels, are in the notebook my mom passed onto me. As...
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Inspiration 2: Perogies

For the second time in as many visits, a trip to Piggy Market changed our dinner plans on the spot.
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Holiday Lemon Cheesecake Bars

I chose the lemon cheesecake bars, because I love lemon bars - but have never made lemon bars before - and the cheesecake layer seemed like it would be an interesting addition.
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Fatboy’s Roars into O-town

When it rains it pours. Ottawa, after having existed in a BBQ vacuum for so long, now has a third joint gracing the real BBQ landscape and we have heard unconfirmed rumours of yet another joint to open on Bank. Fatboy’s Southern Smokehouse opened this week on the Byward Market. Rob and I headed down there last Satuday to check it out. The entrance is warm and beckoning and we were...
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Locavore Artisan Food Fair

On a sunny, but chilly December morning Maureen and I headed to the Locavore Artisan Food Market at Memorial Hall in New Edinburgh. Located in a tiny community centre, the room was brimming with local food vendors and patrons, all there to celebrate our local food business and the local food movement. Cookies, salsas, ice creams, breads, spreads, mustards, sauces, jams, pies, spices, cakes, full...
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