papa’s pasta

I blew my budget at the Farmer’s market this week buying chanterelle mushrooms. Whenever I see chanterelles I think of my sister-in-law’s father. Every summer he would go into the woods to his top secret location (man, I wish I had found out where) to pick chantrelles to sell to restuarants.
Papa, as we called him, made [...]

enjoying…

Having 3 generations together,
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a trip to one of my favourite places on the island for an afternoon tea.. just me and my mom,

barns right on main street,

strawberry tarts,

moments like these.

pad thai and lobster anyone?

I was asked a few weeks ago to contribute some inspirational table setting pictures to the Cafe Mom site. This one was taken the day before the deadline with a babe in my arms and much surrounding craziness.  I need to get back to photographing meals, I love these photos.

bye pop

You know how even though you might love some guests, when they leave you feel kind of relieved to have your space back? Then there are others who when they leave, they leave behind a big empty space. That’s the kind of guest my dad is. He’s quiet and you hardly notice him when he’s [...]

we got Pop!

One of the best things to come out of moving here to P.E.I, is that we get to see much more of my parents. My dad has made it a yearly tradition to drive down at the end of June with their neighbour who has summered on P.E.I for the last 40 years. This means we [...]