Birds of a Feather

Super-sized, calorie-packing sweet cakes have given way — thank goodness — to healthier fruit, vegetable and nut-filled treats

My first — sort of — date with my wife was an invitation to her place for coffee and fresh baked muffins. Not overly romantic, but definitely trendy; it was the early 1980s and muffins were all the rage.

Times Colonist readers made delicious suggestions on where to find fabulous dessert pies. After the votes were counted, those made by a baker/farmer on a small island across from the mural-filled town of Chemainus proved to be the sweetest of all.