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
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was “Panisse Puffs“. What the what? I know, right? David describes them as A hybrid of American popovers and Provençal panisses Which is all very well if you know what a panisse is. I read here that Panisses (“pah-NEESS” in both the … Read more
This post is sponsored by the British Columbia Blueberry Council. Hurray – it’s blueberry season in Canada! Who doesn’t love the arrival of fresh BC Blueberries? I mean, they just scream “summer” don’t they? Blueberries are such a versatile fruit – on cereal or yoghurt for breakfast, in smoothies, on their own as a snack … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is also this month’s Cookies and Kindness recipe! Some of you may remember last year, I introduced you to Dorie Greenspan’s latest project, #cookiesandkindness. The aim: To make the world sweeter. The method: Bake/Share/Post For this week’s recipe, we were tasked with making Dorie’s Coffee Malteds, a simple cookie. … Read more