Anne McAlpine: January 23, 2020
One of my go-to dessert recipes is Carol Craig’s Easy Chocolate Cake. I bake it in a Bundt pan and just drizzle icing over it... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: January 16, 2020
I don’t cook beef very often, but I recently saw this recipe for a stir-fried beef dish with bean sprouts in a magazine and thought... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: January 9, 2020
I have had a request for a good meatloaf and for gravy containing ground beef. I have made both of these recipes previously and was... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: January 2, 2020
I received two excellent recipes for holiday entertaining in a package from Foodland Ontario and am sharing them here. I haven’t been able to try... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: December 19, 2019
Thanks so much to our readers for your support last week due to the loss of my father, Cam Thomson. I sincerely appreciate all the... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: December 12, 2019
This recipe for fruit crumble comes from an old cookbook of my grandmother’s. She used pears and apples, but you could use other fruits, too.... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: December 5, 2019
This past week I received a lovely note from Kay Pepper of Matheson, Ontario which, as she noted, is in beautiful northern Ontario. Kay is... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: November 28, 2019
I recently made these peanut butter balls and they were really good. They are easy to make and would be a great addition to a... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: November 21, 2019
I volunteer a couple of times a week at the Haldimand Norfolk Community Support Centre, which is where the Senior Support Service has their office.... ...read more
Anne McAlpine: November 14, 2019
Thanks to our readers for continuing your random acts of kindness – I am well on the way to accumulating the 73 I am hoping... ...read more

