Mardi Michels 
French cuisine image via Shutterstock. Summer holidays are *this* close… I’ve got three days left with the boys then a week of professional development/ meetings and then the school year wraps up. Um… how did we get here? This year (like every year, it seems) has passed in a flash (and more of a blur … Read more
We were thrilled to welcome Emily Richards into the Petits Chefs kitchen lab again this week. Emily is a Professional Home Economist with nearly 20 years’ experience in the Canadian food world. If you were a regular viewer of Canadian Living Cooks on Food Network. you might recognise Emily! This week was her EIGHTH EIGHTH … Read more
This post is sponsored by Gay Lea. Well, it’s supposed to be summer in a few weeks although it doesn’t feel like it (strange weather we’re having lately – hot one day, raining and cold the next) except if you take a peek at the produce that’s starting to shine in the markets. Something I’m … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was the PERFECT cookie to make and share with my colleagues in the last full week of school (eeek!). I mean, we can always use chocolate chip cookies in the staffroom but this week in particular is a tough one (trying to fit 4 weeks’ of … Read more
This post is sponsored by Penotti Canada. I’m excited to announce a new partnership here on eat. live. travel. write. Over the next few months, I’ll be partnering with Penotti Canada to showcase their chocolate, hazelnut and cookie butter spreads in a series of original recipes. Say what? Penotti? Yes, one of the world’s largest … Read more
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was, thankfully, an easy one. I just finished my first round of cookbook edits this week, so last weekend, I was a little consumed with that and didn’t have much time to cook. Add to that the fact I spent the whole … Read more