Chocolate Haystacks Recipe

Bazaars may be cancelled this year, but I’m keeping the spirit alive by featuring a weekly bake table recipe for you to make at home, as well as some of my favourite bazaar treasures I’ve acquired over the years.

RecipesBrian FrancisNovember 15, 2020BazaarsComment

Church Windows Recipe

Church holiday bazaars may be cancelled this year, but that doesn’t mean the fun needs to end. All this month, I’m featuring a bazaar bake table classic recipe, taken from my collection of community cookbooks, along with my best bazaar finds over the years

RecipesBrian FrancisNovember 8, 2020Bazaars Comment

Shortbread Cookies with Maraschino Cherries Recipe

I’m heartsick about bazaars being cancelled this year. Damn you, COVID-19. Where will I get my cabbage rolls? Where will I buy my next tea cozy? Where will I flirt with women named Bea across a knit table?

RecipesBrian FrancisNovember 1, 2020BazaarsComment

Best and Worst Sugar Cereal

Sugar cereals have always had a bad rap. But I think it’s undeserved. Often, a heaping bowl of sugar, corn syrup and high monounsaturated canola oil is the best way to start your day.

Taste TestsBrian FrancisAugust 16, 2020Food Comments

Beanie-Weenie Bake Recipe

Every year since the dawn of time (or so it seems), I host an annual Caker Christmas party. I invite Italians to make – and eat – caker dishes. At the end of the night, I ask them to vote for the night’s best-tasting dish.

FoodBrian FrancisMay 12, 2020Recipes Comment

Tortilla Pizza Recipe

With everyone self-isolating, many parents are dealing with kids at home 24/7. And parenting is a lot harder than when I was growing up in the '70s.

Brian FrancisApril 26, 2020Comment

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

When it comes to times of stress and hardship, few things provide comfort like the combination of cheese and potatoes.

FoodBrian FrancisApril 17, 2020RecipesComment

JELL-O Pudding Easter Eggs Recipe

I used to have a food blog called Caker Cooking. In 2014, I shut it down. But tough time calls for good eating. And given the state of the world right now, who couldn’t use some comfort food? So, for a limited time, I’m bringing Caker Cooking back.

FoodBrian FrancisApril 7, 2020RecipesComment

Caker Christmas 2019

I can’t think of a better way to send off the decade than with a hot, steaming casserole. So I was happy to host my annual Caker Christmas party the other night.

FoodBrian FrancisDecember 22, 2019 Comments

Bazaar-o-Rama Week 4

Well, I’ve put on 12 pounds worth of Mars Bars Slices and Peanut Butter Porcupines – and just in time for the holiday season! That can only mean one thing. Bazaar-o-Rama is coming to a close for another year.

CraftsBrian FrancisDecember 1, 2019Bazaars Comments

Bazaar-o-Rama Week 3

Another week, another round-up of church bazaar treasures! What did I find this past Saturday on my travels? Read on, dear reader.

CraftsBrian FrancisNovember 24, 2019Bazaars Comments

Bazaar-o-Rama Week 2

It’s been another exciting bazaar adventure of shopping, eating and making new senior friends. Here’s what I scored this week.

CraftsBrian FrancisNovember 17, 2019Bazaars Comments