A decades-old census find led me to Maggie Grassie’s story—her journey from 1856 Edinburgh to Canada, and a surprise heirloom connection.

Pickled beets, tomato jam, zucchini pickle, and pickled onions... preserving the traditions of my grandmothers.

On International Women’s Day, I’d like to honour a few of the women in my family tree, the mother, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and...

Remembering a beloved grannie, through a rainbow of words.

I was looking through my grannie's recipes (Kathleen Hattie Inkster, 1914-1984) and found this blank invoice form from the 1940s for Dr....

I was recently introduced to my husband’s Great-Aunt Myrtle—who died nearly 40 years ago—through her lemon pie filling. We were at a...

My husband and I recently visited his uncle in southern Alberta. I noticed an old china cabinet and peered at some of the objects...

WAS THERE EVER A MORE MAGICAL PLACE than Grannie’s house? Today we went to the nursery to buy some spring flowers for our garden. The...

THE THINLY-SLICED CARROTS fall away from the knife. Potatoes simmer, A turkey basks In the oven heat. We wipe our hands on a tea towel,...

A boiled raisin cookie recipe, wrapped up in family traditions.