Author Archive: My Kitchen Wand

2025 My Kitchen Wand Calendar! Twelve months of seasonal kitchen ideas celebrating the wheel of the year. Calendars will be printed and shipped by October 31st, leaving plenty of time for Yule & Christmas gift giving plans. Cherry Coconut Chocolates – Front Cover This is an 8.5 x 11 inch stapled wall calendar. New and […]

2025 My Kitchen Wand Calendar! Twelve months of seasonal kitchen ideas celebrating the wheel of the year. Calendars will be printed and shipped by October 31st, leaving plenty of time for Yule & Christmas gift giving plans. Cherry Coconut Chocolates – Front Cover This is an 8.5 x 11 inch stapled wall calendar. New and […]

This mix of chocolate, whipping cream and flavouring is in celebration of the more stimulating flavours of Beltane. When mixing ingredients with a purpose in mind, the finished product may taste a little untraditional. Rosemary for example is a strong addition to chocolate and you can choose to steep a smaller amount in the whipping […]

This is the last of the dishes from Popular Foods of the 80s. I hope you have enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Remember that this is just one of hundreds of cheese ball options. As mentioned in the first post, cheese was everywhere and appetizers were a way to offer more freedom of choice, […]

Vol au Vent is the French for “windblown” and is a reference to the lightness of the puff pastry shells that can be used for both savoury and sweet fillings. They can be made appetizer size and go all the way up to main course size. For many years it was possible to purchase them […]

Appetizers and casseroles were all the rage in the 1980’s which must have pleased Kraft as many used cream cheese as a binder. It was a happy happenstance, when the day after class I took a friend to lunch and a variation of this dip was on the menu. It had no artichoke and was […]

There were a number of very popular drinks in the 1980s. Four are listed below: Blue Hawaiian – rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and Curacao liqueur Sex on the Beach – vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice and cranberry juice Long Island Iced Tea – Tequila, Vodka, Rum, Gin, Triple Sec, lemon juice, simple syrup, […]

Ambrosia salad was one of those attempts at healthier eating in the 80s that was delicious and questionable. It’s roots are claimed by southern states but I was chatting with two people from South Africa yesterday and they were saying that their mothers made it for their families all the time as well. It was […]

The next few posts are going to be a little different as all the cooking was done on site at the Mackin House Museum in Coquitlam, B.C. The house was built in 1909 and has maintained it’s original design so it was a little tight for our group of participants. I was there to offer […]

Hot Cross buns have a long history, that includes magic, healing, protection and connects us through many cultures to the circle and the cross. The first references to a similar bun was in ancient Greek and Roman times where they were an offering to Diana, Goddess of the hunt. As Rome extended out across Europe, […]