by Twyla Campbell | Aug 6, 2014 | Food, Recipes
My daughter requested a meatless meal — which was great because it was a warm summer evening and a heavy, involved meal was not appealing to me either. I had a container of ricotta in the fridge and a baguette on hand plus fixings for a salad. A quick internet search...
by Twyla Campbell | May 12, 2014 | Food, Recipes
Everything about Thai food appeals to me: the layered flavours, the colours, the textures, the fresh ingredients. Same goes for Vietnamese; I’ve been a lover of these countries’ foods since I moved to the big city in the early 80s and discovered South East...
by Twyla Campbell | Dec 6, 2013 | Food, Recipes
Silkie chickens aren’t something you see on menus in our local restaurants in Alberta. The sole reason being that the black-fleshed bird takes a bit of a mind-over-matter attempt to digest. If you remember the marketing flop that Heinz was guilty of with purple...
by Twyla Campbell | Nov 26, 2013 | Drink, Recipes
Got a minute? Like, literally, one minute because that’s about how long it takes to make a batch of homemade Bailey’s-style Irish Cream liqueur. Why, you might ask, would one choose to make this iconic liqueur instead of buying it off the shelf in a...
by Twyla Campbell | Apr 11, 2013 | Food, Recipes
We have snow. Still. April is almost half over, and the snow clings like a skeletal hand at the edge of a cliff. A tad dramatic perhaps, but this never-ending winter brings out the Poe in me. As I type, a raven is cawing in the birch tree. I need heat – not only...
