Leeks are my new favorite vegetable! I am a little embarrassed to learn that leeks are in the onion family. I remember a million years ago for a junior high project, I was drawing a scene and had to draw…
Barb’s Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe
Here’s a fun holiday cookie recipe, double chocolate peppermint cookies! I love baking these. Super easy to make, and the candy cane adds a nice crunch and texture to these cookies. I made these for the first time last year…
Wine Wednesday
Here’s a digest of the wines we’ve been tasting recently! It’s been an effort (an easy one) to branch out and try more wines outside of BC. We completed WSET Level 1 recently and are in the process of studying…
Barb’s Borscht Recipe
Borscht is one of our favorite soups of all time. We love beets, we love soup. It’s a perfect match! I’ve gotten a few requests for this recipe, so here it is for everyone to enjoy! Lately, we’ve been leaving…
Our WSET Level 1 Experience
We finally made it happen! We registered and took the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 1 class. We’ve been drinking and enjoying wine for years, and finally wanted to get some formal education around wine. We’ve picked up…
Date Afternoon at Wiseacre Farm Distillery and HomeBlock
I have always loved gin. We finally started drinking more gin, and have been trying to keep our selection “local”. The Okanagan produces a lot of wine and has a lot of cideries, so it was only natural to think…
