I’m baaaaaaack…. … with ANOTHER pumpkin purée recipe. Yup, that can of pumpkin purée I opened to make Pumpkin Crème Brûlée, then Pumpkin Loaf and then Pumpkin Crème Caramel is back (well, still going I guess). And I suspect it will be back again because there is STILL some left!! Today, I’m sharing a VERY … Read more
This post is produced in partnership with The Berry Growers of Ontario. Blueberries are one of my favourite berries, I eat them most days and while I enjoy them year-round, they really are the best at their freshest, like right now! When and where can I pick blueberries in Ontario? Berries, like any fresh produce, … Read more
Happy (nearly) Easter! Today’s recipe is a happy accident, inspired by one of my cooking club member’s sisters who cooks along with her brother some weeks (one silver lining of the pandemic is that I get to cook and bake with not just my students but also their families, as they are at home for … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a simple baked cheesecake, so named “le round trip” because Dorie’s been known to cart ingredients to make it on both sides of the Atlantic (Paris and New York). I didn’t have the spice cookies Dorie calls for in the base and I’m trying … Read more
The recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is a baked cheesecake made with goat’s cheese and sour cream, known in France as a “tourteau”. I’ve made this before when we were cooking from Around my French Table and I remember it being delicious (though some of my guests thought it … Read more
The Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week was a cheesecake. But not just any cheesecake – an “Alsace-style” cheesecake. With a dough crust and a filling made from fromage blanc or thick Greek yoghurt, this is “more ethereal than American cheesecake but somewhat heartier than most French pastries” and sometimes called … Read more