Janice’s Butter Tart Squares
Janice Craig was born and bred in Swansea. And from the start Morningside Presbyterian Church, in Toronto ‘s west end, has always been part of […]
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Cay’s Walnut Squares
Heather MacDonald Archer, a child of the manse, has a litany of churchy memories. Heather’s father E. Grant MacDonald, her great-uncle F. Grant Macdonald and […]
Mrs. Campbell’s Empire Biscuits
Land of Hope and Glorious Sweets Growing up in a working-class neighborhood in downtown Toronto in the 1950s and ‘60s, we were poor but […]
BESSIE’S BOILED FROSTING
Judy Milley was born in Creemore, Ontario, in a World War II medical centre that still stands on Main Street. After her arrival Judy (Arnold) […]
Minnie’s Porcupines (meatballs)
Musician Catherine Brown was born and raised in the Collingwood area. Catherine’s parents were market gardeners, so there was very little money. But, both were […]
Greek-Style Beet Salad
Binnie Hamilton Armstrong, a peripatetic Presbyterian, was born in Sudbury. During her formative years, she attended Knox Presbyterian Church with her family. Two things stand […]
Baked Noodle Kugel (pudding)
The Jewish specialty Noodle Kugel came into my life sometime in the 1950s. At that time, the student body, at Bloor Collegiate Institute, was comprised […]
Pat Main’s Cranachan
Dr. Patricia Robertson Main has been a worker bee at Glenview Presbyterian, in Toronto, for some 20 years. Pat was born into a Presbyterian family […]
Mrs.Vandermark’s Cornmeal Muffins
Hildy Stollery has many fond memories of her mother’s cornmeal muffins. When Hildy was growing up, the Vandermark family attended Knox Presbyterian Church, in Walkerton, […]
Simple Cocoa Macaroons
By chance, a few weeks ago I drove by Dufferin Presbyterian Church. Years had passed since I was last on Dufferin Street. Immediately childhood memories […]
Melita’s Peppernuts
Melita Loewen Bartel was born, in 1929, in Macklin, Saskatchewan, to “Reformationist” parents. Her parents left South Russian, in 1923, in search of religious freedom. […]
Barbara’s Happy Cake
What a team! Barbara and Bill Ralph at Wychwood Presbyterian Church. For years, they made the annual Christmas tea and bazaar their focus. Bill crafted […]
Easy Christmas Peas
Phyllis Duncan Murton, now 94, has crisp memories of summer visits to her Aunt Maud, in Oxford, Nova Scotia. Maud Lockhart lived in a 200-year-old house […]
Mary’s Salt Cod Supper
Mary Dalton was 21, in 1945, when her mother, sister Patricia and she boarded a Halifax-bound ship, full of war brides. Before the war, Mary Dalton’s father, […]
Mary’s Salt Cod Supper
Mary Dalton was 21, in 1945, when her mother, brother and she boarded a Halifax-bound ship, full of war brides. Before the war, Mary Dalton’s […]
Yvonne’s Guyanese Cook Up
Yvonne Headley-Luces, a member of Wychwood Presbyterian Church, was born in Victoria, British Guyana. Yvonne was a teenager when she arrived in Toronto in 1969. […]
Gala Christmas Fruit Cake
Fourteen years ago, Sharron Smith, a member of Erindale Presbyterian church, had a brilliant idea for a fundraising project. The idea started with Sharron’s baking […]
Boiled Salad Dressing
As a child Leslie Jones attended Sunday school, at Central Presbyterian Church, in Hamilton. She sees her young self, heading for church, in a tartan […]
Baked Lemon Pudding
Marion Farrow Lord suspects her heritage recipe, for lemon pudding, originated with her grandmother, although Marion found it tucked inside her Mother’s copy of the […]
Marice’s Church (jelly) Salad
For generations Beverly Smith’s family were stalwarts at Morningside Presbyterian Church in Swansea. “All the Smiths and Sinclairs lived within walking distance of the church. […]