By Linda Browne Whether you love it, loathe it, or feel just plain “meh” about it, most of us would probably agree that there’s never been a treat so maligned as the festive fruitcake. Comedian Johnny Carson once famously quipped that there’s only one fruitcake in the world, and people keep passing it around. Many…
By Daphne Belbin Tumlin Houston, TX In 1952, Christmas crept into New Chelsea, NL, in the dead of winter when nothing was moving but the rabbits. The short, narrow path from our house to Adelaide and Bill Mansfield’s house looked like a canyon with its tall, white side walls. But the snow and bone-stabbing cold…
Recently we asked Downhome readers to tell us about the foods they look forward to every holiday season and share the recipe. Everyone who responded with a recipe and story were entered into a draw for a special stocking stuffed with Newfoundland and Labrador goodies. Congratulations to the winner, Shane McKay of Mississauga, ON. Here…
By Connie Boland I met Gordon Pinsent in 1988. I was fresh out of journalism school, and the acclaimed Canadian writer and actor was in Pasadena, NL, to read the scripts and narrate a series of videos for the Awakening the Entrepreneurial Spirit project. “Do you mind if I make a few edits?” Gordon asked…
