Blueberries were so good this summer that I finally tried this blueberry buckle recipe that I clipped a long time ago. It’s a blueberry cake with a buttery cinnamon topping.

We lost one of the greatest entertainers of our time in Michael Jackson. I have used this recipe from Katherine Jackson, mother of “Jackson Five” and Michael, clipped from a magazine a long time ago. Thought you might be interested to try this recipe and think of Michael when savouring this rice dessert.

The rhododendrums and the azaleas are in their blazing glory besides all the other colourful flowers. My favourite season of the year.
Father’s Day is coming and our family gets together for a barbecue. Been looking for a unique idea for the occasion and my friend Yukie said her son-in-law made this delicious chicken. Tom Girard sent this recipe and I’m certainly going to try it. He says it’s a keeper.
BEER CAN CHICKEN
1 whole chicken (about 4 pounds)
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
2 Tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons of your favourite dry …

This month I am submitting my two favourite desserts.

I thought perhaps this is a pretty Easter-like delicacy to serve around Easter. So colourful!

Finally, winter is almost behind us and we are looking forward to Spring, Snowdrops, daffodils, forsythia and pussy willows are all heralding the warmer weather in my garden.
With recession in the wind, something has been brewing in my mind. My mother arrived in Canada in 1918 at the beginning of the Depression. She came over to work and save some money to send to her parents to help them get out of debt. They were hard working farmers, but as hard as they worked, they could never pay off their …

So glad the snow storm we had in later December and early January is in the past.
At our January Ikebana meeting one of the members, Yvonne Yole, brought a plate of her Christmas baking since she was unable to entertain as usual due to the snow condition. One square caught my eye with the red cherries and thought it would be very appropriate for Valentine’s Day. I remember making this recipe four decades ago.
MARASCHINO SQUARES
This is a very pretty, delicious square.
3/4 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
Mix together …

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
This year will be an exciting one in anticipation of the coming Winter Olympic next year 2010! The Richmond Olympic Oval had a grand Opening Ceremony on December 12, 2008 and it is enormous and huge, beautiful, magnificent, building.
Being a Nisei, I didn’t know much about the various Japanese teas, but green tea has a very good antioxidant qualities. Beverages or things to drink are called nomimono in Japanese, the most popular of which is ocha (tea). The word cha and the brew itself came from China …

Christmas is around the corner now and those of you into baking will be looking for recipes to add to your cookie plates.

I have so many but these are my favourite, so here they are.

Fall is sure upon us with colder crisp air, lovely, colourful, autumn leaves, and days getting shorter.  Bundle up and enjoy the season.
One of my golf friends invited me to the Beth Tikva synagogue for a laughing and yoga practice session. I was interested since we also have a laughing session at our church, and I was curious.  Laughter is the best medicine for healing any illness. Anyway, while I was there, I picked up their monthly bulletin and found this great recipe for chocolate cake.
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
YUMMY …