If you build it, they will come...and thoroughly enjoy themselves! A good cheese plate or platter is all about variety—texture, flavour and accompaniments. Here's a handy-dandy cheat sheet for the perfect cheese plate: Choose your cheeses Aged, firm, soft and blue are your standard cheese categories—select one of each. If...
Oh, November... You're truly a lovely month. The holidays are not quite upon us, the weather is cool and the days are shorter. It's the perfect time to slow down and try out new recipes. Check out our local/local-ish round-up of seasonal fare and prepare to bookmark some fabulous recipes... Top Left: Winter...
And here we have yet another fabulous recipe shared to the Penna Community Recipe Box! This simple pizza dough recipe comes to us from Kimberley Lynn Diett-Prince. "My recipe is a fast one for pizza dough. The dough doesn’t need to rise much at all. 10 minutes and it’s ready." Try out Kimberley's recipe and...
With fall festivities on the go and Christmas on the horizon, it's a great time to invite folks in from the cold...and offer them a warming drink. A festive punch is a great way to tipple with crowd and you can pretty much adapt any of your favourite seasonal cocktails to the punchbowl....
October is a showstopper of a month—what with two festive holidays, pumpkins and fiery coloured leaves everywhere. It's a time for turning inward, for stoking fires and for eating seasonal comfort food. Check out our local/local-ish round-up of seasonal fare and prepare to bookmark some fabulous recipes... Top Left: Smoky Eggplant...
Cutting a chiffonade is a knife technique used for cutting herbs and leaf vegetables into thin ribbons. It sounds fancy, but it's not difficult to master and it's a great way to infuse the flavour of an herb into your dishes or to create a delicate garnish. What you need: A...
