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Chances are if the title of this post caught your eye, there are still a few names on your gift list you just haven’t gotten around to shopping for – and now it’s the eve of Christmas Eve.
At this point I strongly advise against heading out of the house to shop, for you [...]
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Can you believe that Christmas is almost here? It seems like yesterday I was writing about 12 Weeks Till Christmas on a balmy September afternoon. And now, here we are.
The gift buying frenzy is hyping up, and hopefully you’ve made most of your purchases. But there are still those people in your life that need [...]
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December is typically a very busy month for most families — holiday parties, school events, and shopping lists keep us hectic and busy. Keeping up with typical household tasks feels a bit intrusive and even a bit of a seasonal damper. Who wouldn’t rather bake Christmas cookies than tackle the laundry?
Dinner easily falls to the [...]
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Enjoying homemade Christmas baking is highlight of the season for many families, but making everything from scratch can be time consuming and a lot of work. So how does you stock your freezer with a delicious assortment of cookies and bars without spending several days in the kitchen? By hosting an old-fashioned holiday cookie exchange!
The [...]
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Day One of cooking school introduced me to “clean as you go“: the practice of combining cooking and cleaning to help free up valuable work space, eliminate visual mess, and make for manageable post-cooking clean-up.
Since then, I have rigorously embraced the clean as you go motto for all cooking and baking, ensuring that I clean up [...]
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All photos are by Aimee
The following post is written by food columnist Aimée Wimbush-Bourque.
My first attempt at making jam was memorable, for all the right reasons. I was a newlywed, eager to wear the old-fashioned housewife hat, and making my own jam seemed like something I would enjoy, more so than, say sewing curtains or [...]
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All photos are by Aimée.
The following post is written by food columnist Aimée Wimbush-Bourque.
“In the childhood memories of every good cook, there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.”
-Barbara Costikyan
Ever wonder how your mother or grandmother functioned without all the modern day conveniences and kitchen gadgets that are now available? [...]
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