This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is a favourite both in our house and in my cooking club for boys, Les Petits Chefs. So much so that when I realised that clubs were starting on Monday this week and that I wouldn’t know who was in the club (i.e. how many … Read more
I made this week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen a couple of days before I left for my holidays – it’s a pretty easy baba cake – a small yeasted cake typically served soaked in rum and topped with whipped cream. My favourite version comes from Stohrer in … Read more
This week, the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is a peach pie of the best kind. Made with Dorie’s sweet tart dough, this pie/ tourte is filled with fresh peaches that have spent some time in some brown butter (to give them a lovely nutty flavour). SO good, especially now when peaches … Read more
This post is sponsored by Gay Lea. For this month’s Gay Lea post, we’re talking about “Farm to Table”. Appropriate really since Gay Lea is a Canadian dairy products co-operative owned by over 1,200 farmers. I don’t often get to visit a farm but I do try to do the next best thing and that’s … Read more
We’re back! That’s right – after a hiatus in July and through most of August (despite best laid plans to Skype a meal together as we were in different countries), it’s time for another instalment of the Cookbook Book Club! This month, we went with the French theme we had planned on covering during the … Read more
I don’t know about you but when I rent a house for my vacation, the first place I head to on arrival is the kitchen. I check out every drawer and cupboard, mentally taking stock of what’s going to be possible with the equipment that is there. Then I check the wifi 😉 For me, … Read more