This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Lisbon Cake is not only the cover photo from Baking with Dorie but also the LAST recipe I’ll be posting from this book! I can’t believe we’re finished working our way through it! This will be the SIXTH book I have cooked my way … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Brioche is also the penultimate recipe I’ll be posting from Baking with Dorie! I can’t believe we’re nearly finished working our way through it! This will be the SIXTH book I have cooked my way through in the last 16 years – Around my … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. Bran-Berry Muffins seemed like a perfect back-to-school bake for this month! These come together quickly and use whole wheat and plain flour along with wheat germ/ bran so they are *kinda* healthy (although they do have a fair amount of sugar … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Cheese-Swirl Babka Buns is a recipe we chose because it uses the brioche base recipe which is the second BWD recipe we’ll make this month – and 2 of the last 3 recipes left to make in the book! This is not difficult, despite … Read more
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 Marianne Bohr, a writer, editor, and French teacher. When Paris Whispers comes out tomorrow, September 1st 2026. From the publisher: Is the City of Light rescuing her, … 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