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This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is a classic bistro dish – leeks with bacon-mustard vinaigrette. And by “classic” we mean it really should not be messed with. As in, the bacon is a David addition. His partner, Romain, raised his eyebrows when he first say David … Read more
This term the Petits Chefs are cooking our way through a series of cookbooks and this week, we used Brunch Life. I can’t think of a better duo to write a cookbook featuring brunch recipes than Matt Basile and Kyla Zanardi. At the helm of Toronto’s Fidel Gastro (food truck/ Lisa Marie restaurant) for many … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was one I had a little difficulty with. “Almond Stripes” are a sort of piped out shortbread cookie made with almond meal, kind of like these Viennese Sablés we made last year except that I couldn’t for the life of me pipe them out (I … Read more
Remember earlier this month when I announced that today, February 25th, is Canada’s seventh National Cupcake Day – raising money for SPCAs and Humane Societies across the country? That’s right – today is all about cupcakes – and raising money to help animals in need all around Canada. This is my seventh year participating and … Read more
© Shutterstock. Used with permission. Happy Friday! It’s been a while since I’ve posted “French” on Friday and today I have a few sweet things to share that I’ve worked on on over the past little while… Canelés… Version 2.0! Some of you longer-time readers might remember I was on a canelé kick back in … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Smoky Hearts. Dorie says: Hot, smoky and made for Valentine’s Day. Oh, and for enjoying with Scotch or Armagnac or bourbon too. Unlike almost every other cookie in the Beurre & Sel collection*, these aren’t round. I made them heart-shaped as a Valentine special at … Read more