Tuesdays with Dorie: Park Avenue Brownies from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Park Ave Brownies was my first bake for the summer in my French kitchen and it couldn’t have been more perfect! SO easy, so few ingredients (and ones I already had on hand – bar the cocoa powder that I must have finished last … Read more

Summer Reads: Such Good People

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick came across my desk thanks to a chance sighting on NetGalley – as soon as I read the synopsis, I immediately requested a copy. From the publisher: It’s 10 … Read more

Summer Reads: Death on the Island

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from Canadian author (who’s lived in Iceland for over 20 years), Eliza Reid. Reid is a bestselling writer, public speaker, gender equality advocate, cofounder of the acclaimed Iceland … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Double Chocolate Rhubarb Tart from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Double Chocolate Rhubarb Tart was a recipe I was happy to make because I was gifted beautiful rhubarb from a friend’s allotment garden but wasn’t sure I would like to eat because I am not a huge fan of the texture of rhubarb. Luckily … Read more

Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

Summer Reads: Don’t Let Him In

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from UK author Lisa Jewell, who pens some of the most fantastic psychological thrillers I’ve read in the past few years! I do love me some “twisty page-turners, … Read more

Cover of On Isabella Street by Genevieve Graham.

Summer Reads: On Isabella Street

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from a favourite Canadian author, Genevieve Graham, whose book, The Secret Keeper, was a pick last summer. From the publisher: Toronto, 1967. Two young women with different backgrounds, … Read more