So, little-by-little, I’m working my way through bits and pieces in my Covid pantry. Before the pandemic started, I actually had gone through the pantry and had a pretty good idea of what we had in there and was on a mission to work my way through especially the odd bits of flour, nuts and […]
Archive | chocolate RSS feed for this section
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Carrément Chocolat, The Simple Loaf
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is Dorie’s simple version of a Pierre Hermé classic – the Carrément Chocolate cake. “Carrément” is a useful French word meaning (accoring to Dorie)”completely, absolutely, incontrovertibly, wholly good (or bad)” (i.e. really!) and Hermé used it as a play on words to name his intensely […]
Tuedays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Chunky Chocolate Fruit-and-Nut Bars
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was an easy one – not really much of a “recipe” and able to be customised according to your tastes/ what you have on hand. My kinda recipe! This is basically dried fruits and nuts stuck together with melted chocolate – yup, kinda reminiscent of […]
Twelve days of cookies: Rum Balls
Welcome to Day 11 of The Twelve Days of Cookies! From December 1-12th I’ll post a new cookie (or holiday treat) recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining or cookie exchanges! The recipes I’m sharing are small batch (each recipe makes 1-dozen) that are simple to prepare and that use everyday ingredients and […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Touch-of-Crunch Chocolate Cake
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is a super simple cake that tastes much more complex than its short list of ingredients suggests… It doesn’t even look super impressive when you make it… It’s one of those flourless cakes that rises beautifully in the oven (yes, it’s baked in a pie […]
Les Petits Chefs work chocolate magic with Kerry Beal
We’re SO lucky in cooking club! This week, the Petits Chefs got to meet the wonderful Kerry Beal (aka professional chocolatier, The Chocolate Doctor) when she came and worked with them again. I’m always a little bit anxious when Kerry shows up with loads of Callebaut chocolate, her EZ Temper machine (which Kerry invented) to […]
buy my book!
rent our holiday home in Southwest France!
read my work on
follow me!