Mardi Michels 
This post is produced in partnership with Le Creuset Canada. Did you know… Le Creuset’s “Cherry” has a new name? Say bonjour to Cerise! When this best-selling colour was introduced decades ago in France, the master enamellers who crafted the now-iconic shade of red called it Cerise. Years later, when the colour arrived in North … Read more
I found myself nodding in recognition as I read David Lebovitz’s latest book, L’appart: The delights and disasters of making my Paris home. I may not have bought an apartment in Paris and renovated it, but lived in Paris in tiny garret apartments for nearly five years, much like David’s first home AND I’ve bought … Read more
Win a copy of David Lebovitz’s L’appart! Thanks to the kind folks at Penguin Random House Canada, I have one copy of David Lebovitz’s L’appart (I reviewed it here) to give away to one lucky Canadian reader! How to enter: There are 2 ways to enter (maximum of two entries per person for the duration … Read more
The boys took a trip to beautiful The Gallery Grill at Hart House in The University of Toronto this week to cook with Chef Suzanne baby! Over the years, club has been lucky enough to cook with Suzanne five times before – the first time we made choux pastry, the second visit was a ravioli-making … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – when the holiday issues of your favourite magazines hit the stand! This month, RICARDO Magazine launched its highly-anticipated holiday issue, and if you’re anything like me, you can be found curled up with a cup of hot chocolate devouring all the festive ideas featured (holiday issues … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies can be filed under the category of “not quite what it was supposed to be”. Now I’ve made whoopie pies before which I piped free-form because I don’t own a whoopie pie tin and they turned out ok, if a little irregular. For these ones, I … Read more