Signatures

Find inspiration in some of the occasional menus and events that we’ve created over the years.

  • Tales from our Backyard Garden: Part 1

    Tales from our Backyard Garden: Part 1

    With Spring just around the corner (despite having 2 feet of snow on the ground), I thought it would be fun to talk about backyard gardens. Last summer one of the home DIY projects that we took on was the construction of a vegetable garden. We had been wanted to do something like this for…

  • Dinner for Six – April 2017

    Dinner for Six – April 2017

    Having been inspired by our first “formal dinner” held in February 2017, we decided to try it all again a few months later. By this time, word had begun to spread within our group of friends and we were now started to get requests for party invites! Needless to say, we were very honoured and…

  • Dishing on Dishes

    Dishing on Dishes

    Will someone please tell me why I have not been shopping for dishes in antique shops before? Don’t get me wrong, I have spent many a rainy afternoon browsing the offerings of dusty, quaint, creaky floored antique stores. But for some strange reason I would always skip over the aisles or tables with the dishes,…

  • Sophisticated Super Bowl Charcuterie

    Sophisticated Super Bowl Charcuterie

    We’ve been thinking about putting this one together for a while now, and with the big game right around the corner we figured why not? Let’s do a “sophisticated” Super Bowl charcuterie specifically geared to sports fans and/or major sporting events. The idea was go beyond the normal pizza, chicken wings, and chips, and pull…

  • Dinner for Six – February 2017

    Dinner for Six – February 2017

    This one holds a special place in our hearts because it’s what could be called our first “formal” dinner party. Sure, we had hosted other get togethers with friends and family, but this was the first time that we put a lot of focus and energy on the experience.

  • Christmas Inspirations 2019

    Christmas Inspirations 2019

    For as long as we can remember it has been a tradition of ours to gather with good friends and family on Christmas Eve to celebrate the holiday season. This goes way back to our teenage years when an annual trip to Uncle Art and Aunt Billie’s house was the main attraction. There was always…