This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Shrimp-Mousse Squash Blossoms sounded like a good idea when I voted for them back in late June when squash blossoms were all over the markets of SouthWest France. I didn’t make this back then because I thought it would be … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and was a wonderfully easy summer recipe that I’ll keep in my back pocket when I have a surplus of supper cherry tomatoes – often, since I can’t resist them – especially the pretty multicoloured ones – at farmers’ … Read more
If you’ve ever travelled in the Basque Country in Southwest France (you can read about one of our early trips to the Basque country and the Fêtes de Bayonne here) or northern Spain, you might have noticed a lot of red and green in everything from street signs to table linen. These are the Basque … Read more
This post is sponsored by Barilla. How’s your December going? Are you super-organised and have all your holiday shopping and meal planning under control? Or are you just keeping your head above water like, ahem, *some people* ? Either way, today’s recipe will speak to you. If you’re a planner, this dish can be made … Read more
This post is produced in partnership with Le Creuset Canada. When Le Creuset Canada asked me if I’d be interested in checking out some of their stainless steel line, I might just have done a little happy dance. I mean, how beautiful are those pieces? Billed as pieces “for the serious cook”, they offer a … Read more
Welcome to the second in a series of five posts where I’ll be putting a spin on some of Jamie Oliver’s healthy breakfast recipes, along with a group of Food Revolution Ambassadors around the world. For this post, we were tasked with switching up Jamie’s Mexican-Style Omelette Wrap, a thin omelette wrapped around a tomato … Read more