Recipes

Call For Recipes – Quick and Easy Hors D’Oeuvres for Holiday Entertaining

Here are three of my favourite hors d’oeuvres that are quick, easy, can be made ahead easily, and which will keep for several days. Enjoy!

Volume 19, Issue 12, December 2024
Elspeth Naismith

Call for Recipes: Butter Tarts

Butter tarts are one of those treats that I make when I know people are coming for a cup of coffee or tea. They are quintessentially Canadian . . .

Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2024
Kristin Hulme

Call for Recipes: Empanadas Rio San Lorenzo

The first picnic of the spring fell by chance on the 5th of May. It is a day of celebration in the Mexican American community, marking Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The date inspired me to try something a little different for our picnic.

Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2024
Kristin Hulme

Call for Recipes: Old English Crab Meat Hors d’oeuvres

"This past December TILife’s copy editor, Elspeth Naismith, presented "Call for Recipes!" The article showed a tea towel that hangs proudly

Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2024
Susan W. Smith

Call for Recipes: Signature Summertime Pancakes

Summertime is when my husband and I usually host a string of friends or family. We each have our own “signature” dishes for the different meals of the day. Mine is this pancake recipe . . .

Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2024
Marie-Anne Erki

Call for Recipes: A Mojito-Sangria

This month Glennis Newton took up the challenge of the Call for Recipes. Her suggestion is a delicious Mojito-Sangria.

Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2024
1000 Islands

Call for Recipes: Mary’s Summer River Recipes

Mary Politis' suggests her Tomato Caprese Salad; Shrimp Appetizer, French Bread, Blue Cheese Dressing, and Summer Pizzas.

Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2024
Mary Politis

Call for Recipes: the Mixologist’s Favorite Cold Beer Accompaniment

The “guru” suggests that this treat is enjoyed to the fullest with a cadre of highly excitable friends, while watching highly competitive baseball, football, hockey, or basketball on the establishment’s 72-inch screen . . .

Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2024
Cary R. Brick

Call for Recipes: Sue's Fish Fry

Catch a batch of perch, nice size rock bass, and sunfish. Filet them.(Luckily, I had a friend who was very skilled at these two parts!) . . .

Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2024
Sue March

River Recipes Please + One!

For years, there’s been a framed tea towel hanging in my kitchen, entitled “Traditional 1000 Islands Shore Dinner,” as told by Les Cook, a local fishing guide. The tea towels were made by the late Kathy Shine . . .

Volume 18, Issue 12, December 2023
Elspeth Naismith