Are you a three meal a day kind of person? Or are you more of a snacker? This is a conversation I had with some of the boys in the aftercare programme last week – like me, many of them identified as “snackers”. “I like to eat a small amount of something often” declared more […]
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Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Cocoa-Almond Uglies
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a simple cookie that happens to be naturally gluten-free that tastes so much better than it looks! Dorie says: After tasting cookies like these in French and Italian bakeries, I spent a lot of time trying to make them at home — time well spent. […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Almond and berry gratins
This week, for the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi, we made what I think I’ll be making a lot of over the summer: berry “gratins”. Typically associated with a savoury dish topped with cheese, this dessert version uses an pistachio cream for the crispy “gratin” part which is spread over the top […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Plain and simple almond cake
This week, for Tuesdays with Dorie’s recipe from Baking Chez Moi, we made Plain and Simple Almond Cake. It really is “plain and simple” as it contains only three main ingredients: eggs, almonds and sugar (with a touch of salt and vanilla). I, of course, minified the recipe to make three 4-inch cakes which were […]
French Fridays: Salted olive crisps from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen is like a very thin savoury biscotti-type cracker with almonds called a “croquet” in French that reminds me a lot of my favourite Raincoast Crisps. It’s an interesting recipe, containing just flour (whole wheat and plain), a touch of sugar, some Herbes […]
Cranberry-almond crunch cookies
There are a couple of things I’ve been thinking lately that seem appropriate to share here in this post. Firstly, as I work my way through the recipes for my very first cookbook, I’m astounded at the amount of butter (and sugar and eggs) I am getting through. I mean, really. You have no idea! […]
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