When the weather is stinking hot and you’re invited to dinner in a friend’s backyard and you’ve promised to bring a dessert, you look for something that doesn’t involve turning your oven on. If you’re still in Covid restrictions and weekend shopping can sometimes involve lining up (in aforementioned stinking heat) and you just don’t … Read more
Happy (nearly) Easter! Today’s recipe is a happy accident, inspired by one of my cooking club member’s sisters who cooks along with her brother some weeks (one silver lining of the pandemic is that I get to cook and bake with not just my students but also their families, as they are at home for … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is one I can’t wait to make for a crowd (original recipe serves 16!). It’s one that requires a bit of time and patience – it bakes a long time, cools in the oven a long time and … Read more
Welcome to Day 2 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing are small batch (perfect for this year of smaller gatherings – each recipe makes 1-dozen) that are simple … Read more
It’s beginning to look a lot like … the holidays. Goodness knows what the holidays are going to look like this year. So there’s only one thing for it – BAKE! One of my favourite holiday recipes is spéculoos cookies not just because they taste good but because they make the house smell AMAZING. It’s … Read more
What to do with a fridge full of berries, cream cheese and whipping cream leftover from a cooking class (did you know I’ve brought my classes online – details here) and a container of butter cookies I needed to re-test? Well, I figured I could make another batch of the no-bake Mixed Berry Cheesecake Trifle … Read more