This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and it’s a simple treatment for turnips and a great way to use them up if you bought them for a holiday meal and they are still languishing in the bottom of the crisper 😉 It’s a super simple […]

Cook the Book Fridays: Butter Glazed Turnips from Everyday Dorie

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate-Cranberry and Almond Cookies from Dorie’s Cookies
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a slightly festive cookie (I think almonds, chocolate and cranberries count as festive, right?) that I loved the sound and look of in the book but which I had a little trouble with making look *quite* as pretty as Dorie’s. Dorie says: Nothing makes me […]

Cook the Book Fridays: Slow-Cooker Brisket with Carrots and Sweet Potatoes from Everyday Dorie
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is one that takes a LONG time to cook (but it’s mostly hands off since it’s the slow cooker doing most of the work, though you’re par-cooking the veg and searing the meat before it goes in there) […]

Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Mint Chocolate Sablés
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a classic for the holiday season! Dorie says: My son, Joshua, and I have a thing for the mint-and-chocolate combo. We tried gooey cookies and chubby ones, sandwich cookies and cakey ones, and, in the end, we were surprised by our final choice: this sleek […]

Cook the Book Fridays: Molasses Coffee Cake from Everyday Dorie
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is one I wasn’t sure about… right up until I tasted it but oh wow – what a cake! With ginger, five spice, cinnamon, pepper, molasses AND coffee, this is a truly remarkable cake where all those flavours […]

Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Raisin Bars
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is one I’m not entirely sure about in its current iteration but wonder about using different fruit with next time… Dorie says: I know exactly where I found this recipe, but I have no idea where it originally came from. The handwritten recipe was on page […]
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