This fall has been a bumper season for new cookbooks and I was particularly interested in Gather: A Dirty Apron Cookbook when is arrived in September. Written by Chef David Robertson of The Dirty Apron Cooking School in Vancouver, I could tell right away that David and I share a passion for teaching the next […]
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French Fridays: Tartinade choco-noisette (Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread)
A certain chocolate-hazelnut spread is ubiquitous at the breakfast table in France (and, I suspect, in many other countries around the world too). Personally, I can’t keep a jar of it in my house because it never makes it to the breakfast table. I have my mother’s sweet tooth to blame for that—when I was […]
Les Petits Chefs make mini oreillettes aux fruits et chocolat (fruit – and chocolate – Danishes)
Remember those ^^^ The Oreillettes aux Fruits I made a few weeks ago? Hmm, well I made them again last weekend at my Le Creuset Canada demo (want to keep up to date about when these take place? Sign up for my newsletter or follow me on Facebook!) and made them even better! “How is […]
French Fridays: Pain Suisse au Chocolat
Happy French Friday and welcome to another instalment in what looks to be my breakfast pastry series (a couple of weeks ago I shared the recipe for this apricot pastry – soooo good!). Today I’ve got a recipe for a pastry that was my Sunday treat most weekends when I lived in Paris: pain suisse […]
French Fridays: Oreillettes à l’abricot
It started with a 12km run a few weeks ago in Nérac… Contrary to what you might think, I don’t eat croissants, chocolatines and viennoiseries every day for breakfast when I’m in France. But you can bet that when I’ve knocked out 12km before the market visit, I will be! On that last market visit […]
French Fridays: Shakshuka from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is one I make a variation of quite often. Shakshuka is a dish of eggs poached in a tomato stew – according to Chowhound: a warmly spiced vegetarian dish of saucy tomatoes, often with peppers or onions, with eggs cracked right […]
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