I love vacations, especially when they take you away from the depths of winter to hot sunny climates of the Caribbean. Having just returned from a cruise, I feel relaxed, energized and glowing from the sun’s rays I was able to catch for the week and a half I was at sea in the Atlantic […]
Baked Toast Sandwiches
You would think that having over 500 cookbooks in my home library would be enough to keep me stimulated and interested, but alas, dear reader, I regret to tell you that I still find the time and the inclination to peruse other volumes all the time. Whether it’s at my local library, book store, […]
Bittersweet Decadence Cookies
When you find a cookbook that works for you every time, you naturally go back to it whenever a craving strikes. This weekend, my daughter wanted me to bake her some cookies for her after school snacks this week. So, I headed straight for Alice Medrich’s Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt in Your Mouth Cookies book. The […]
Duck Confit Parmentier
Over the Christmas break I had the good fortune of relaxing by the fireplace and catching up on my cookbook reading. I had a whole stack of books, each one as good as the other. So many recipes to try, so little time it seems. While reading Mimi Thorisson’s A Kitchen in France, I knew […]
Cardamom Cake with Whole Pears and White Chocolate
Sometimes, food is all about where we’re from, and sometimes, it’s all about where we want to go. My French Canadian recipes are meaningful to me, because they’re a part of the fabric of my life; they’re my history, my culture, and my memories. And I wouldn’t give them up for the world. In […]