This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen is a wonderful way to welcome the fall and a perfect dish for the upcoming Canadian Thanksgiving weekend (um, how is it already Thanksgiving?). It’s like a big hug on a warm day PLUS you can make it ahead of time so … Read more
We were thrilled to welcome our first guest to the Petits Chefs kitchen lab this week. Shayma Saadat, who I met at an adult Afghan dumpling workshop a few years ago, is an internationally published food writer, food photographer and stylist, cook, cookery teacher, public speaker and storyteller. On her blog, Spice Spoon, Shayma shares … Read more
If you’ve followed me on Instagram over the past little while, you’ll have noticed I’ve been cooking from Jamie Oliver’s latest book, Super Food Family Classics. While the book is released here in Canada today, it’s been out since the summer in the UK and I ordered it from there, unable to wait the extra … Read more
Win a copy of Super Food Family Classics! Thanks to the kind folks at Harper Collins Canada, I have FOUR copies of Jamie Oliver’s Super Food Family Classics (I wrote about it here) to give away to two lucky Canadian readers and two lucky readers in the US to celebrate its launch on this side … Read more
Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that this summer, I spent 9 days walking around 180km along the Camino de Santiago, from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Logroño in Spain. I wrote a Q&A post in response to some of the questions people had asked me along the way already but had … Read more
Thanks to our friends at Expedia.ca. this month I got to explore Toronto a little differently. Earlier in the month I shared a bird’s eye view of Toronto – a very different way to see the city – via helicopter! Today, I’m exploring some of my favourite places to find a taste of France in … Read more