Before we begin today’s post, did you know that May is Brain Tumour Awareness Month in Canada? Did you also know that 27 Canadians hear the words “you have a brain tumour” EVERY DAY? Many of you know that I was diagnosed with a meningioma in May of 2023 and underwent emergency surgery to remove … Read more
This week in Les Petits Chefs baking club, we made a favourite recipe from French Food for Everyone: le goûter (after-school snacks)! Torsades au Chocolat (Chocolate Custard Twists) are the sort of thing that always catches my eye at the bakery in France when I’m only supposed to be picking up bread 😉 Inevitably, one … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Parisian Custard Tart is something I’ve eaten a fair few times whilst in France, mostly the tall “flan” version – this version looks more like a giant Portuguese custard tart so I figured I could minify this to make individual serves (especially as I … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Scones Pudding from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and uses leftover scones from the Buttermilk Scones recipe. Dorie says if you love bread pudding you will love this. Well, um, I *don’t* love bread pudding (my parents do though) so I wasn’t too fussed about making this. I … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is an easy twist on an apple crumble for when you want something a little different – a “streamlined apple crisp” as the Wall Street Journal calls it… Instead of mixing apples with a bit of sugar then … Read more
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 … Read more