This post is sponsored by Gay Lea. For this month’s Gay Lea post, we’re talking about “Farm to Table”. Appropriate really since Gay Lea is a Canadian dairy products co-operative owned by over 1,200 farmers. I don’t often get to visit a farm but I do try to do the next best thing and that’s […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Graham Cracker Cookies
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was Graham Cracker Cookies. Dorie says: It only takes a tiny nibble to know that these are very special graham cookies. They’re not exactly like the packaged cookies (they’re decidedly better), but they have that particular graham cracker texture — both crisp and crumbly. They’re pleasantly brittle (the effect […]
Five “don’t miss” spots in Bilbao
En route to Logroño earlier this summer (to start Stage 2 of the Camino de Santiago picking up from where I left off last year), it made the most sense for Neil and I to meet in Bilbao (since Air Canada flies there via Madrid and I was able to easily get there via train/ […]
French Fridays: Baked provençal vegetables from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was one I’ve made many, many times before (in various iterations), including as a first meal when I arrived in Australia last week after a very long flight (NOT the version above!). It’s a French classic (so yes, there’s one in my […]
Bircher Muesli
Welcome to the final in a series of five posts where I’ll be putting a spin on some of Jamie Oliver’s healthy breakfast recipes, along with a group of Food Revolution Ambassadors around the world. For this post, we were tasked with switching up Jamie’s Banana Cinnamon Porridge. Jamie says: Porridge is a good staple […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Double-Corn Tea Cake
This week, the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was an interesting take on a tea cake. Completely gluten-free (well, nearly in my case, I was 5g short of the right amount of corn flour so I topped up with all-purpose, am sure it wouldn’t have made a difference but you never know…), […]
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