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Check out this spoon scale! It’s $20 at Canadian Tire this week, on sale from $50. (It’s a Starfrit product!) It’s an interesting piece of equipment, and if you are working with volume measurements instead of using weight in your recipes, this is money well invested! You can measure out a liquid or solid ingredient...
As I try to figure out how to respond to the outpouring of kindness I’ve seen here in the last week, and as I patiently wait for the arrival of Raymond’s new computer – we’ve been sharing for about a month now, which means my posts are mainly written on my tiny iPhone screen –...
Thank you to everyone who commented and emailed me. Wow! I didn’t realize you cared so much, and I really am blown away! I’m still trying to process my thoughts and responses, but you have really helped me figure things out. This blog ain’t going anywhere! (There wasn’t a risk of me not writing this...
You’re right. I’m wrong. Will you stop now? Things that brought me such happiness – writing this blog, reading your comments, reading your e-mails, and interacting with my readers – are tainted by a few people’s cruelty. I’ve asked you to be civil, to stop the name calling, to be nicer, and you just won’t....
It’s Movember around here, the month during which our men grow moustaches – or in the case of my husband, shave off the beard and grow only a moustache – to create awareness of men’s health issues! It’s a worthy cause, and I encourages you to support your local moustache grower, even when he starts...