Category Archives: Samhain/Halloween

If you have someone in your life that loves the sticky gooey goriness of the season, here is a simple treat, sure to delight your devouring sweet tooth zombie eater. The head and/or the brain are often used to symbolize the mind as it (the mind) was/is thought to reside in the brain. The physical brain is […]

We are getting down to the wire. A fortnight from now, the streets will be filled with a wild and wonderful assortment of other worldly creatures in crazed search of sugar. If you are the type of person who likes to plan ahead or just need something to keep slightly older apprentice witches out of trouble, […]

A few weeks ago I started a search on Facebook. ” Sweet and creamy single looking for a delicious exotic companion” is what I think I said. Facebook does not store their posts for very long anymore. I was, in truth, looking for some suggestions for fall ice cream flavours to try with a three ingredient ice cream recipe […]

Bones are a part of shamanic practices. They are a symbol of the inner strengths and truths that reside within and they are thought of as living things, able to reanimate. Change and rebuilding is often shown through skeletal imagery, a kind of getting to the root of the issue before a new way of living can come into […]

I promised I would share the three easy steps to making these a couple of weeks ago. Silly me assumed there would be caramels squares available this time of the year. Apples to dip, Hallowe’en around the corner… seemed reasonable to me. That however was not the case and yesterday they were finally back in […]

I know Halloween is around the corner and candy is available in not so mini mountains in every store but wouldn’t it be nice to have something grown-up and truly decadent as opposed to straight sugar? Aromatica, my favourite tea shop has a lovely Earl of Raspberry tea. It is an Earl Grey black tea with […]

These days there can be very little difference between a muffin and a cupcake. Bran and Oatmeal has given way to Banana Chocolate Chip and Blueberry Coffeecake Crumble. This offering swings both ways. Served plain with butter and honey for breakfast or topped with a maple cream cheese frosting for a special fall occasion. It uses precooked […]

Hallowe’en may be past but for those of you in the United States there is still Thanksgiving to celebrate this month and plenty of time for more pumpkin recipes. Woo Woo! Pumpkins have taken over from turnips in North America as the carrier of a candle for poor Jack-of-the-Lantern, not allowed entry into either Heaven […]

Technically, many brandy snap recipes do not actually have brandy in them. These for example were made with rum….. potAto, potaato. Many have no alcohol at all and they all work just fine… once you get the hang of these crunchy critters. I like doing this kind of thing around Samhain as they remind me […]

It was not a dark and stormy night. The clock said it was eight in the morning but you would never know it by looking out the window this morning. Time for pancakes! I had an open container of pumpkin puree in the fridge, this is October and Thanksgiving weekend to boot, so why not […]