It’s been a bitterly cold start to 2026 here in Toronto – with “feels like” temperatures regularly in the -20C to -30C range thanks to the wind chill. It’s too cold to spend much time outside but if you do (like, you know, walking home from the subway), you’ll be craving something warm to eat … Read more
How’s it going these days? Are you sick of cooking all the time? Or constantly wondering”What should I make for dinner?”. Today’s recipe, inspired by Isabelle over at Crumb and the contents of my fridge and pantry should be able to help you out a bit both in terms of less prep and washing up … Read more
Around about now, I should have been taking my Grade 6s on a trip to the supermarket to shop for ingredients to make the Haitian food they would have researched. Today we’d go shopping, tomorrow, we’d have cooked 3 or 4 dishes and sat down to enjoy a meal together. I’ve done this activity in … Read more
Just perfect, aren’t they, these little gnocchi? Well, yes they are – pillowy puffs of perfection – Jamie Oliver’s Squash Gnocchi from his latest book, Veg – releasing October 22nd in the US/ Canada and called “Ultimate Veg” on this side of the pond (why?). I’ve basically bookmarked every recipe in this book – I … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was one of the very few from the book that I wouldn’t call “a hit”. Butternut squash bread soup aka pandade is a dish David waxes lyrical about – put simply: a baked casserole that’s served like a soup but is … Read more
This fall has been a bumper crop for new cookbooks (the stacks in my living room, office and bedroom are constant reminders of this!) and one I was particularly looking forward to seeing was Best of Bridge‘s latest, Sunday Suppers. There’s been a big push recently in online publications, the Food Revolution movement, cookbooks and … Read more