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
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
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
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
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
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Coconut-Milk-Chocolate Marble Cake is one of our last cakes left to bake in this book (we’re done in October!!!) and to be honest, i hadn’t noticed this particular recipe until it was chosen! I’ve not had much success making pretty marble cakes in the … Read more