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For sale: Side by side/ATV tires

4 tires; lots of tread. For Side...

Yoga with Lisa

Chair Yoga & Gentle Hatha (Mat) Yoga...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, September 5 2026

ANSWERS Haiti is a country which forms...

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Grilled Chicken with Blueberry Sauce

Blueberries are usually for dessert, but this savoury blueberry sauce from Canadian Living is a wonderful complement to grilled chicken. Cook onion in oil for 5 minutes and then...

Potato, Artichoke and Green Bean Salad

This delicious potato salad from Real Simple tosses red potatoes, green beans, onion, artichoke hearts, tomatoes and parsley in a zingy lemon-mustard-caper dressing. Boil the potatoes until tender and...

Classic Pasta Salad

by Susan Hanna Pasta salads are a summer staple for us and this recipe from Chatelaine introduced me to a great tip: if you can, cook the pasta the night...

 Gay Cook’s Corn Coconut Soup

Serves 5 or 6 This soup has great flavour when the corn is at it's prime and roasted on the barbecue or under an oven...

Cool off with ‘cold brew coffee’ at Equator

Given that the humidex will be pushing 40 again this week, this note from Almonte's Equator Coffee Roasters seems especially timely. As we approach the dog...

Provençale Beef Brochettes

by Susan Hanna These tasty beef and vegetable skewers reach a whole new level when topped with a parsley-basil pesto vinaigrette. Use any remaining vinaigrette...

Gay Cook’s Red Cabbage, Cauliflower and  Butternut Squash Salad 

This recipe was printed in The Millstone last summer. I used to make this the salad often when I was working in Paris. The joy of...

Tables turned on me…

by Mark Cochrane This year the tables were turned on me when my family got together for the annual wine tasting at my brother’s cottage....

Thai American Noodles

by Susan Hanna My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved My Life is Ruth Reichl’s memoir about the year after her beloved Gourmet magazine abruptly...

Syrian Food at the Almonte Farmers’ Market

This past Saturday I had the delightful opportunity to visit Almonte and enjoy the exciting Puppets Up festival. Many restaurants were in full swing...

Almonte’s HFT donuts now available at Farm Boy

  Great news for Healthy Food Technologies donut lovers!!     They are very proud to announce that HFT donuts are now in Farm Boy grocery...

Roasted Red Peppers and Cherry Tomatoes with Ricotta

by Susan Hanna When I saw this recipe in the July 2016 issue of Bon Appetit, I knew I had to make it. Aside from...

Gay Cook’s Beef Burgers with Onions, Bacon and Pesto

Our warm summer is the time for barbecued burgers. The meat choice can be either ground beef or lamb with 20% fat, which is...

Eileen’s Potatoes

by Susan Hanna Fresh kitchen herbs are approaching their peak in the garden, and it’s sometimes hard to think of ways to cook with them....

Justin Trudeau gives Hummingbird a shout-out

Prime minister Justin Trudeau has tweeted his congratulations to Almonte's Hummingbird Chocolate Makers for their recent 'Golden Bean' win in a UK competition, saying...

Grilled Chicken with Board Dressing

by Susan Hanna Chicken on the grill is a summer staple. But if you’re tired of the same old chicken pieces with barbecue sauce, try...

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