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Can you Serve Angel Food Cake After Labor Day?
The US and Canada celebrated Labor Day this week. Another long weekend in an unprecedented year dealing with Covid-19. The long weekend still does mark the unofficial end of Summer, and normally a time when children return to school, but this year has flipped all that on its … [Read more...] about Can you Serve Angel Food Cake After Labor Day?
August 15: Celebrating Julia Child’s Birthday
Today we celebrate Julia Child's 108th birthday. She died 2 days before her 92nd birthday back in 2004.A pioneer in the culinary world she introduced American housewives to the joys of cooking French Cuisine. She bravely took the teaching concept to a whole new level on … [Read more...] about August 15: Celebrating Julia Child’s Birthday
The Popsicle is an American Invention
While the English have enjoyed ices since the Victoria era, it was the Americans who put ice on a stick.In 1905, Frank Epperson, an 11-year-old boy living in the San Francisco Bay area, “mixed some sugary soda powder with water and left it out overnight. It was a cold night, … [Read more...] about The Popsicle is an American Invention
When your Garden is Flush with Strawberries
Summer is my favourite time of year: not only is it a welcome change from a long cold winter but is the time when gardeners can see the efforts from their Spring plantings. The coronavirus lockdown has inspired a surge in gardening not seen since the second world war so many of … [Read more...] about When your Garden is Flush with Strawberries
