Mardi Michels 
This week, for the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi, we made a very un-French dessert – whoopie pies! Dorie says: I knew that whoopie pies had made a successful transatlantic journey when they turned up front and center in the showcase of La Grande Epicerie’s pastry department. La Grande Epicerie is to … Read more
I wasn’t going to blog the recipe for this tart – I came up with it almost on a whim last weekend when we were hosting friends for our first outdoor dinner of the year (stay tuned next week for some tips on that!) and I was looking for a little something extra to serve … Read more
As soon as I saw this promo for Janine Marsh’s debut novel My Good Life in France, I knew I had to get my hands on a copy! I was familiar with Janine from The Good Life France website and Magazine but I hadn’t realised her move to France had been accidental. On a day … Read more
Did you know – humans are eating more meat than ever before? But at the same time, vegetarianism is becoming more and more popular (check the #MeatlessMonday hashtag or take a look at recent cookbook releases – so many vegetarian and vegan options these days!). In short, more and more people are talking about meat … Read more
Meatless: A Fresh Look at What you Eat by Sarah Elton – a Canadian giveaway! Thanks to the kind folks at Owl Kids Books, I have one copy of Sarah Elton’s“Meatless: A Fresh Look at What you Eat” (I wrote about it here) to giveaway to a lucky reader in Canada or the US. How … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is essentially a bar cookie with a cornmeal crust and a custard topping. Sounded a little too much like custard slice (a childhood memory of a slice/ bar comprised of a shortbread-y crust with a gelatinous custard topping that’s been banished to a “learn how to … Read more