Vegan Gluten-Free Bread
We serve a couple thousand bellies each season at Hollyhock, and it isn’t always easy to satisfy all the diverse dietary needs. Our “side table” where guests with additional [...]
Cauliflower and Chanterelle Soup
This season we’ve had a lot of fun digging up our history, including learning more about Cold Mountain Institute, Hollyhock’s predecessor, and talking to our neighbours Gordy and Zoë [...]
Summer BBQ “No Recipe” Recipe
My husband and I have been “glamping” on our sailboat over the past week in lovely Cortes Bay, on Cortes Island. Amazingly, we have been enjoying some of our very favourite meals of [...]
Hollyhock’s famous Orange Chocolate cookies circa 1986
Everyone loves a good recipe handed down in the family. These famous orange chocolate cookies made their debut at Hollyhock around 1986. Try them for yourself and see if they stand the test of [...]
Honey Ice cream
This recipe is adapted from Ben Vear Things at Hollyhock are buzzing, and for the first time this year we will be getting bee hives to support our garden! In celebration of bees, and the coming [...]
Spring Frittata
Spring is here and the chickens are laying, and laying, and laying, and laying! Farm fresh eggs are worth the expense in every way, for taste and quality, and also for conscience. Here is one way [...]
Borscht Soup
At this time of year, there is something very comforting about a good warm soup. The mix of earthy beets and carrots with the addition of the tomatoes is perfection. I recently served this with [...]