Originally posted on Mushrooms Canada It’s finally starting to feel like winter in Toronto and there’s nothing I love more on a chilly evening than a big bowl of comfort food. Trouble is, comfort food can sometimes heavy, so today, I’ve got a favourite comfort food dish for you – re-imagined and lightened with added … Read more
If you have followed me on Instagram over the past couple of weeks, you’ll have noticed I’ve been cooking up a storm from Jamie Oliver’s latest book, Quick and Easy Food. (it’s not out in Canada until October but I ordered the UK version because 1. I’m impatient and 2. It’s metric. ‘Nuff said) A … Read more
I made the herbed fresh pasta for this week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen what seems like months ago (in fact it was just a couple of weeks) and as I was preparing to write this post I remembered that I had meant to have another go at this … Read more
This term with the Petits Chefs, as well as working with guest chefs, the boys get to work… with me! I love these weeks because it gives me a chance to really work with the boys closely and teach them some of my favourite recipes. This week I decided to show them one of my … Read more
This post is sponsored by Barilla. Uh, hello (MID!) December. How are everyone’s holidays shaping up? My holidays are a little different this year in that I’m on a pretty tight schedule writing my book so *most* holiday events have sadly been deemed “non essential”(with a couple of special exceptions, like, you know, the party … Read more
This post is sponsored by Barilla. Whoah – that was fast! Here in Toronto last Friday the temperature was 22˚C and sunny. Yesterday it was 0˚C and blustery with tiny snow flurries! I guess winter is here to stay now (since it’s nearly the end of November, I can’t complain) and with that, comes a … Read more