Mac and cheese with caramelized onions and bacon

This post is produced in partnership with Derlea Foods . Many long-time readers will know that I’ve been cooking and baking for most of my life and that my inspiration was my mum. Mum was always baking or cooking something when I was growing up and I spent a lot of my time in the … Read more

Layered taco bake on a blue plate

Layered Taco Bake

Sometimes you revisit a recipe after not making it for years and you wonder why it fell out of your rotation. Case in point: Layered Taco Bake. Or Taco Pie. Or Taco Lasagna. Whatever you want to call it, this is one of the simplest recipes you could prepare when you get a craving for … Read more

Easy soda bread rolls on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Soda bread rolls

Are you having a tough time getting your hands on yeast these days? Me too. Luckily I had a small stash from “before” but will admit to shying away from recipes requiring it these days as I’m not sure when I might be able to get more. So crazy that of all the things people … Read more

The Measure of my Powers cover

The Measure of my Powers

Today’s book review is about not judging a book by its cover. I remember the first time I read about Jackie Kai Ellis  and thinking “Wow, she has such a great life!”. Founder of the successful Beaucoup Bakery and The Paris Tours, Jackie seemed to have it all – living between Vancouver and Paris, a … Read more

Braised chicken with creamy mushroom sauce in Le Creuset braiser on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Braised chicken with creamy mushroom sauce

This post is produced in partnership with Le Creuset Canada. Did you know… Le Creuset’s “Cherry” has a new name? Say bonjour to Cerise! When this best-selling colour was introduced decades ago in France, the master enamellers who crafted the now-iconic shade of red called it Cerise. Years later, when the colour arrived in North … Read more