Welcome to Summer Reads 2017 where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. This weeks’ Summer Reads pick is a perfect beach read (or in my case, to be enjoyed on a terrace in Southwest France, surrounded by flowers and sipping rosé. Yes, really, this is how I read this book!) – Nina … Read more
I’m happy to be a guest over on Mushrooms Canada, sharing a dish inspired by my summers in France – clafoutis but unlike the prune and Armagnac version I shared recently, this one is savoury! It’s been really hot lately here in the Southwest which means eating lighter and later, once the sun has gone … Read more
Think yogurt is just a breakfast food? A quick snack fix? It’s actually so much more versatile than that – I’ve been cooking and baking with yogurt for years so I was really interested to get my hands on a copy of Hubert Cormier’s Yogurt Every Day. Cormier is a registered dietitian and enrolled in … Read more
Win a copy of Yogurt Every Day Thanks to Appetite by Random House, I have one copy of Yogurt Every Day (I wrote about it here) to give away to one lucky reader in Canada. How to enter: There are 2 ways to enter (maximum of two entries per person for the duration of the … Read more
This week, the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was something alittle unusual – lavender “galettes”. When I first saw the recipe name, I was wondering how lavender could be incorporated into a buckwheat crêpe (also known as a galette) or a free-form pie (also known as a galette) but in fact, Dorie … Read more
Welcome to Summer Reads 2017 where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Today I’m excited to present a very unique guide to one of my favourite cities – Paris! Sadly, my travels in France will not take me to Paris this summer so this was a bit of an armchair visit for … Read more