This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Crumb-Topped Ricotta Coffee Cake Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie – a light cake topped with berries and a crunchy crumb topping. Dorie says: Whenever I serve this cake, someone compares it to a favorite bakery or boxed cake from their childhood. That’s not what I’d set out to do … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Cornmeal-buttermilk loaf cake is an easy, tasty, practically fail-proof cake that I made on my first weekend in France and shared with (a lot of!) neighbours who all appreciated it – as is or with a little butter. Dorie says: … Read more
Welcome to Day 1 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing are small-er batch (perfect for this year when many of us will still be attending/ hosting smaller gatherings) … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a cutie – baby buckwheat bars! Dorie says: The people of Brittany, on the western coast of France, call the flour they mill from buckwheat blé noir, or black wheat — the color is that dark. The flour we get is not always that dark, … Read more
I don’t know about you but life it pretty complicated these days so when it comes to food, I’m trying to keep it simple. From meals to snacks, anything not fussy or complicated is most welcome at my table right now! In terms of ingredients, I don’t want to have to hunt down anything that’s … Read more
I’ve been on a bit of a madeleine kick lately (remember those lemon ones from last week?). For whatever reason, I got it in my head that I wanted to make a chocolate version and I’ve been working on this over the past couple of weeks. My taste testers colleagues and neighbours can attest that … Read more