I chose this word for my blog collection because it encompasses the kaleidoscopic nature of my interests and topics. A prism is “one whose faces are parallel to the vertical axis.” (Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, 1969) So, while I am the axis, my experiences are dispersed by the planes in different directions.
In Praise of By-Gone Fish Cookbooks
100 Best Cookbooks of All Time – Southern Living Magazine
BLOG Making the Cut, Part 2 30 July 2018 The 100 Best Cookbooks of All time - Southern Living Magazine (Please go to their website for authors) As for a goodly number of other books on the 100 List, I was happy to see that my family possesses some of them or...
Making the Cut – Southern Living Magazine “100 Best Cookbooks of All Time”
Part 1 (Please go to Southern Living's website for authors) Last month I received exciting news. Carole Darden, the co-author with her sister, Norma Jean Darden, of a favourite cookbook, Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: Reminiscences of a Family, (#82)...
Greek Cookbook: Traditional recipes tested for today’s kitchens
BOOKS 15 July 2018 Greek Cookbook: Traditional recipes tested for today’s kitchens Before travelling to a non-English-speaking country, I try to learn as many of the practical phrases of the language as I can before and during my trip. A language that I knew very...
Prism Reader’s Questionnaire (Answers provided by D. Thomas)
10 May 10 Prism Reader’s Questionnaire Answers provided by D. Thomas What would you lose if reading were banned? The prospect is unthinkable. Reading is a window to the thoughts, insights, experiences of others. It is connection, enlightenment and essential to...
The Heritage of Southern Cooking
This cookery book, The Heritage of Southern Cooking (1986, Workman Publishing Co. Inc., New York, N.Y.), by the cooking teacher, chef and cookbook writer, Camille Glenn whose base was Louisville, Kentucky, is an additional compendium of southern favourites as well as...
Blog FOOD 18 April 2018 Part 2 The Gift of Quality Delights
Blog FOOD 18 April 2018 The Gift of Quality Delights Part 2 I have invited Beth Pfeffer to write about the impetus for her new cake bakery and confectionery in SW Ontario. Beth is meticulous, creative and dedicated as you will learn from her article. Her relationship...
Blog 18 Apr 2018 The Gift of Quality Delights Part 1
Blog 18 Apr 2018 The Gift of Quality Delights FOOD and Culture Part 1 Cakes are healthy, too. You just eat a small slice. Mary Berry For those accustomed to numerous everyday opportunities to sample fine pastries and confections, this will seem an...
Blog 2 Feb 2018 Under covers Part 2
Blog 2 Feb 2018 Under Covers BOOKS Part 2 There’s something about having a book in my hand or lap and settling down to read that gives me a cozy, secure feeling full of anticipation whether the book is frightening or otherwise. What can be very odd and...
Prism Reader’s Questionnaire (Answers provided by C. Pereira)
20 Feb 18 Prism Reader’s Questionnaire Answers provided by C. Pereira What would you lose if reading were banned? An impossible proposal: one might as well attempt to ban breathing. What would you do instead? Read. Breathe. What value does reading bring to...