Tuesdays with Dorie: Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti from Baking with Dorie on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti sounds like a mouthful – a DELICIOUS one at that! These biscotti are easy to make and include chocolate, cocoa and sliced or slivered almonds and, of course, being Dorie, include an ingredient you wouldn’t expect – in this case, cornmeal. I … Read more

Cover of Fret by Nadia Bozak.

Summer Reads: Fret

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week, my Summer Reads  pick is by Nadia Bozak – a new-to-me Canadian author. Fret comes out tomorrow, August 25th 2026. From the publisher: A propulsive and incisive novel: a frazzled mother of … Read more

Two hikers walking along a coastal dirt trail with green hills on the right and blue sky above; a warning sign about cyclists nearby reads 'Precaución Ciclista 200 m'.

Walking the Portuguese Camino: A Guarda to Oia

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while (ok, since at least 2016!) will know that I have walked the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, over the course of 5 summers (but 7 years thanks to C*vid) and those who know … Read more

Breton Buckwheat Butter Cake on a white plate.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Breton Buckwheat Butter Cake from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. Breton Buckwheat Butter Cake is kind of exactly what is sounds like – a butter cake made with (a tiny amount of) buckwheat – but is’ more like a cake/ cookie than an actual cake (it’s very flat). It it very … Read more

Shari Lapena's Getting Away With Murder book cover.

Summer Reads: Getting Away with Murder

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. Is it even #summerreads without devouring a Shari Lapena thriller? In  my case , I read this in a single sitting on a flight from Toronto to Vancouver! I only discovered Shari Lapena in … Read more