Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian family and the many Kitchen Parade readers from all across Canada! Americans looking for an quick and fun (and easy!) way to toast our good neighbors to the north might consider a Canadian cocktail called a "Bloody Caesar." It's Canada's own Bloody Mary and uses "Clamato" instead of tomato juice, here's my recipe! This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes . Watch for new 'summer easy' recipes all summer long. With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! “MyFace and Spacebook,” said the grandmother-looking woman with a shake of her gray head. “I just don’t get it, why do you people have your faces in your telephones all the time?” Why, indeed, is the question. The answer is, there’s a certain addiction to being “connected” all day, all the time, often shutting out the ones within touching distance. It’s so easy t...

If you use Google Reader to follow Kitchen Parade and/or A Veggie Venture and all your other favorite blogs, you already know that as of July 1, Google is pitching Google Reader into the dust heap. And if you’re like me, you’ve been procrastinating on a replacement, hoping against hope that Google would change its mind. Nope … So here’s what to do. Me, I’m doing all three. STICK WITH AN RSS READER Go to either Feedly or Bloglovin quick-quick -- that means, today . Either free service will import your blog RSS subscriptions from Google Reader with a couple of clicks, this will preserve your existing subscriptions, otherwise, g'bye, gone forever. I’m kinda keen on Feedly, myself. SWITCH TO EMAIL For the blogs we care about the most, email subscriptions are best. Click here to subscribe to Kitchen Parade , click here to subscribe to A Veggie Venture . If you already receive emails from Kitchen Parade and/or A Veggie Venture, you’re already set, no need to do a thi...

In 2013, Midsummer falls on June 21, a Friday, perfect for a Scandinavian feast and staying up late to revel in the longest day of the year. But Simple Grilled Salmon makes for a feast any night of the year. You won't believe just how simple this is, worth the splurge! We've been enjoying the leftover salmon cold (yes, it's amazing cold) for a couple of days now and last night decided, "We really must grill salmon more often. How about Friday?" ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes published every summer since 2009. Watch for new "summer easy" recipes all summer long! With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! BEST RECIPES! Simple Grilled Salmon Best Recipes of 2013 How to Celebrate Midsummer, Finnish-Style. Imagine, if you will, the summer solstice in the Land of the Midnight Sun. In the north of Fin...