Mardi Michels 
This post is brought to you by Grocery Gateway by Longo’s. Summertime means vacation, right? But sadly, all vacations must come to an end which is exactly what happened for me last week. And with that, back to reality and shopping and meal prep. Ugh right? Well, yes but I have a not-so-secret helper who, … Read more
This week, the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was one I wasn’t sure I’d get done in time (though I’ve made it hundreds of times before). Choux pastry is one recipe I learned to be confident with as I worked my way through Dorie’s Around my French Table. It’s one of my … Read more
Welcome to Summer Reads 2017 where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is a “can’t-put-down-able” book that I thoroughly enjoyed. Amy Thielen’s evocative memoir brought me into some of New York’s finest restaurant kitchens but also to the peaceful life in an off-the-grid cabin in the woods … Read more
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was one I wasn’t sure how I’d get done. I don’t have an ice cream maker in France but waiting until we got back on Wednesday night wasn’t an option either since my ice cream maker in Toronto is packed away at … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is also this month’s Cookies and Kindness recipe! Some of you may remember last year, I introduced you to Dorie Greenspan’s latest project, #cookiesandkindness. The aim: To make the world sweeter. The method: Bake/Share/Post For this week’s recipe, we were tasked with making Dorie’s “Crash-O-Cookies“. Of these, Dorie says: … Read more
It’s my last true French Friday for the summer – I’m headed home next week – so I thought I would share a recipe for one last clafoutis (another savoury one!). I’ve been on a bit of a clafoutis kick this summer – you might have seen my prune and Armagnac version, or perhaps the mushroom … Read more