Mardi Michels 
Welcome to Summer Reads 2018 where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks” (this is the first post in this summer’s series 🙂 ) If you’re a Paris-lover like me, you might be familiar with the author of this week’s book, Amy Thomas (of God, I love Paris) who wrote Paris, my Sweet … Read more
The recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is one I’ll be making again and again – one of the easiest and most flavourful pulled pork recipes I’ve made. Paprika, chipotle powder, cumin, cinnamon, and cocoa powder form the base of a dry rub that the pork shoulder sits in … Read more
It was a bit of a banner day in cooking club this week – first of all, the boys welcomed a Grade 7 boy and his dad into the club (“Cook with Les Petits Chefs” was an item to bid on at last year’s holiday market at school and we’ve been waiting for an appropriate … Read more
(these sunflowers have nothing to do with this post but they’re pretty!) Oh hi there! This isn’t a recipe post or a book review today (thought I do have a whole series of “Summer Reads” reviews coming up starting next week…), it’s a little bit of housekeeping… General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Over the past … Read more
You know those times when you’re reading a book and think “I wish I had written this”? Well today I’m talking about a book that many of you will read and think that but which I read and thought “I COULD have written this!” in SO many parts. Laura Bradbury’s My Grape Paris is her … Read more
(aka: “WHEN is your book coming out?”) You all must know I have a book coming out in just over two months right? (hey did you know if you pre-order now, you can get a lovely bonus bundle of recipes? Details here) Many of you have been along for the ride since August 2016 when … Read more