More Food: Tomato Chickpea Fennel Soup and Indian Cauliflower Curry!

Vegetarian Chili with roasted vegetables

Blueberry pie for Thanksgiving weekend

Recent purchases at the Italian Market in Halifax

That look

I snapped this pic on our new 48-inch smart TV the other day whilst watching a World Rugby Cup match. It struck me later just how much HRH William looks like his mother. Striking.

It's an apple pie kind of weekend

Brad Bakes Bread!

  Homemade sourdough. Yum!

Curried autumn ragout

So tasty and easy. A couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil, fry chopped red onion, then add veggies (the ones you see here), 5 teaspoons of curry powder, a can of coconut milk & some water and simmer until done.

An end of summer weekend at the lake. Was good to be there with friends and family.

Panko-crusted cod with sweet onion/tomato relish & orzo with pine nuts and artichoke & broccoli with parmesan!

Green Thai curry with zucchini, tofu, green peas & fresh basil

My big fat Greek pasta salad

The Awaiting Table - Location and some food we cooked in Italy

Tomato chutney

So every year in late summer when local field tomatoes are abundant, I make this recipe. It's from Gourmet Magazine, September 1977.  It's great on burgers, in sandwiches, or with fish, seafood, and meat! It goes great with just about everything in fact. Here's the recipe: Tomato Chutney

A summer stew for two

Southwestern Shrimp Caesar Salad!

Bike in Ostuni, Italy

Thai noodles with shrimp and cashews

The beautiful city of Lecce, in Puglia.

Backyard Peonies

Dinner!

Grilled scallops with homemade black olive tapenade & homemade curried potato salad.

Matera

Our second night in Italy was spent in Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's an amazing place. Even our hotel was dug out of the rock cliffs. Stassi.