This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was one I had earmarked to bring to a dinner on the weekend. The recipe said it serves 8 so I felt that was perfect for a dinner of 7 people (you know, the one leftover dessert that brings you so much joy the next […]
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Les Petits Chefs make chocolates for the holidays with Kerry Beal (the Chocolate Doctor)!
The Petits Chefs were in for a treat this week as I’d lined up the wonderful Kerry Beal (professional chocolatier, The Chocolate Doctor) to come and work with them again. As with the last time she came to visit, I realised the secret to keeping kids focussed in the last few weeks of school is […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Chocolate Creme Caramel
I have a confession to make: I didn’t taste the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week. I did make it but passed it onto my (gluten-free) neighbours who looked after Cleo when I was out of town recently. Baking it forward, so to speak! This is version of the classic French […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Real Hot Chocolate
The Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi for this week was the perfect antidote to a busy weekend full of teaching and editing (yes, indeed, although I have revealed the cover and my book can be pre-ordered, I’m still working on final edits this week (feels a little surreal, to be honest). So, […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Chocolate Saucisson
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was “Chocolate saucisson”. Sounds odd, huh? Actually, it is the easiest of recipes and makes a fun, sausage-shaped log of delicious cookie dough that actually looks pretty similar to a dried sausage, even moreso when you cut it. Dorie says: It’s a cocoa log studded with […]
French Fridays: Individual Chocolate Cakes with dulce de leche and fleur de sel from My Paris Kitchen
It’s been what you might call “a week” (actually it’s been a bit of “a year”) over here. My copyedited manuscript changes are on my editor’s desk though (hurrah!) and I’m ready to try to catch up with the rest of my life now (it’s amazing how many things pile up on your “to do” […]
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