Cookbook Book Club (my once a month most months “cooking from the same cookbook” meal with Jan and Jenn) it’s back! Due to, well, life, we haven’t met (for a cookbook club because we’ve certainly met up for other things) since May! For this month’s instalment we chose to work from a book we unanimously … Read more
This post is sponsored by Thai Kitchen. If you were to come into our kitchen and take a peek at our pantry shelves, you’d see a living photo album chronicling our travels. Wherever we go, we try to pick up local ingredients (spices, mostly) so we can try to recreate some of the dishes we … Read more
Just before I left for France, my kitchen was overloaded with local strawberries and rhubarb from my organic box. I used up a fair amount making jam but still had more left over and as the weather was so hot, I was thinking a sweet syrupy cordial might be in order – to mix into … Read more
UPDATE: THE RECIPE IN THIS POST WAS COMPLETELY UPDATED ON JANUARY 28TH 2019 AFTER MORE EXPERIMENTING (YOU CAN’T STOP ME!). READ MY TRIAL AND ERROR STORY FROM 2015 OR SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR AN UPDATED RECIPE THAT WORKS. EVERY TIME! SO, um, canelés. Or should it be cannelés? (Those little cakes with a … Read more
Today, April 25th, 2015, is the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing on the shores of Gallipoli. Every year, ANZAC Day is day of remembrance where Australians and New Zealanders honour the memory of those who have served and died in all military operations. This year is particularly meaningful. Though it’s long been associated with … Read more
(Bok Choy image on Shutterstock) For this week’s Petits Chefs session, the boys combined a #52NewFoods chapter with Chinese New Year! We didn’t spend a lot of time chatting about veggies this week since all the boys knew bok choy (at least by name which is more than can be said for the radicchio!) and … Read more