Mardi Michels 
Ok, I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t *quite* make this week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen. Let me explain – I’ve made David’s quick mayonnaise recipe before when I was searching for a small quantity to make for another recipe (we don’t eat a lot … Read more
Way back in 2009 (!) when I first started blogging, I documented a visit to the Adelaide Central Market in a series of eight blog posts. Excuse the photos – I had literally been blogging for 2 months at the time! I just returned from 2 weeks in Australia, including a few days in Adelaide … Read more
The Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week was more about assembly than actual cooking or baking per se. Pailles (meaning “straws”) are a puff pastry creation, not unlike palmiers where the trick is working with really cold pastry. I used an all-butter puff pastry from President’s Choice and my sheet of … Read more
This post is produced in partnership with Le Creuset Canada You might remember my recent post announcing that Le Creuset Canada has just released an entire new line – Le Creuset Toughened Nonstick Cookware. About the collection: The Toughened Nonstick Cookware line is safe and easy to use. Each piece is constructed through a special … Read more
The book I’m sharing for this week’s French Fridays is one you might want to add to your Spring Break reading list or, if you’re planning that far ahead, perhaps your summer list. I read Karen Burns‘ The Paris Effect in one sitting this past March Break – it’s one of those “I’ll just read … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a perfect one to keep in mind for Easter (but, really, anytime!). Mini meringues hollowed out slightly before baking and filled with lemon curd make for fun “trompe l’oeil” desserts. I don’t know I’d call them cookies – they’re not exactly pavlovas – the meringue … Read more