My Big Day Downtown
Posted by Renee | Filed under Events
It is not very often that I get offered money to use for fun and frivolity. I was recently asked to spend $100 in downtown Halifax by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission; a task I thought would be a cake walk, but after agonizing over how and on what I would spend my big bucks, [...]
Tags: Big Day Dowtown, Bishop's Cellar, Boulangerie La Vendeenne, Dowtown halifax Business Commission, Five Fishermen Restaurant, Fox Hill Cheese, Halifax Farmers Market, Riverview Herbs, Ted Hutten Family Farms, The Carelton
The Little Ham’s Big Day
Posted by Renee | Filed under Events
It is hard for me to believe that I gave birth to “Little Ham” a year ago. So, for Zoe’s first birthday, I had visions of her, a cake and a horrible mess! My baking skills these days are so-so, and seeing as this was her first birthday ever, I wanted something special; a very [...]
Tags: Five, Five Fishermen Restaurant, lamb, Susie's Shortbreads
Mama’s Pudding Chomeur…Not for the Faint of Heart!
Posted by Renee | Filed under Favorites, Recipes
My mother, bless her big ol’ heart, has a thing about sweets. This lady has been known to sit down in one sitting and eat a whole sugar pie; bit by glorious bit, or even spend an evening dipping some Pontiac Home Bakery bread in a vat of maple syrup (my parents buy it by [...]
Tags: Five, Five Fishermen Restaurant, maple syrup, Pontiac Home Bakery
My Caper Crab Cake Creation (My 4 C’s)
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I can count on my fingers and toes how many times I have been asked to put a crab cake on one of my menus. I had them on my menu at the Five Fishermen for quite a long time, and after feeling blase about these bad boys, I decided to turn over a new [...]
Tags: Cape Breton, crab, crab cakes, Five Fishermen Restaurant
