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I had an interesting discovery when I was creating this recipe. Apparently I pronounce the word “pecan” differently depending on the context. Being a Canuck by birth and most definitely a northerner, I have always pronounced it “PEE-can”, with a strong...

Key lime pie is such an American classic dessert. But those key limes, they are tiny little things. Cute, to be sure, but tiny and with more seeds than conventional limes. So it takes a lot more elbow grease to get enough key lime juice to make anything...

Did you know it’s National Strawberry Month? It makes perfect sense, given that strawberries are coming into season all over the country right about now. Of course, in the southern climes, they’ve been in season for a while. And in the more northern...

Riddle me this. Why is carrot cake so closely associated with Easter? Is it because of the bunnies? It’s because of the bunnies, isn’t it? But while bunnies eat carrots, I am not sure they eat actually carrot cake. Too much butter and cream and flour...

So who really owns their own ice cream maker? Well, I do. In fact, I own two of them. I recently upgraded to a compressor model, the sort that doesn’t require the bowl to be frozen ahead of time. But I found myself reluctant to give up on my heretofore...