This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Macarons (p 312) and I had every intention of making these but life (and a senior cat requiring a bit more attention than usual) got in the way. I mean, I have made Dorie’s macaron recipe a bunch of times… most recently a couple of … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is a great one to make a batch of in advance on the weekends to pack in lunches through the week. I admit I don’t make my own dips enough and every time I do I wonder why I … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Asparagus-Lemon Quiche from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and was the perfect dish to welcome truly spring-like temperatures this past weekend here in Toronto. The fact that I was having a bit of a freezer cleanout and discovered some tart shells needing to be used up make this a … Read more
Happy French Friday, friends! Today’s post is short and sweet and it’s a lovely little recipe to keep in your back pocket – my favourite French vinaigrette recipe! When I lived in France in the mid 1990s (my gosh that dates me!), I didn’t really cook. I had a SMALL kitchenette (hello 1 tiny bar … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was our last cocktail cookie from the book and I can’t say I was super excited about it. I mean, I like chocolate. I like olives. But Chocolate-Olive Cookies? Um…. Dorie says: I can’t explain why the intense flavor of cocoa powder goes so well with … Read more
Hello dear reader and Happy French Friday! Remember when I made those Barquettes au Chocolat and I named the post “Round 1”? And they looked and tasted great but weren’t quite the right shape? And then I made the recipe again, tweaking it slightly and using the correct shaped mold? Yep, that was Round 2 … Read more