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Classic Brownies

August 13, 2015 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Classic Brownies

  If you bake, brownies are the one recipe that you will likely make again over time unless you don’t love chocolate. If that’s the case, then we can’t be friends. But, if you’re like me, or my daughter, a dose of chocolate in any baked form provides the often necessary relief after a hard […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: August'15, baking, brownies, chocolate, dessert, Lisa Slater, snack

Skillet Cherry Cobbler

March 1, 2015 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Skillet Cherry Cobbler

I’ve hardly done any cooking or baking this year.  Having recently returned from a fabulous 11 day cruise in the east Caribbean, most of the first week of January was spent eating holiday leftovers and cleaning out the fridge and pantry.  By the time we got back, it was already the end of January, and […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Liquor Laced, Recipes Tagged With: America's Test Kitchen, baking, cherry, cobbler, dessert, March'15

Cardamom Cake with Whole Pears and White Chocolate

December 1, 2014 by Chantal Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: baking, cake, cardamom, December'14, dessert, pears, white chocolate, Yvette Van Boven

Vermouth Roasted Peaches

November 9, 2014 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Vermouth Roasted Peaches

Sometimes, simple really is best.  This summer, in an attempt to shed a few pounds, I picked up Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat and French Women For All Seasons at my local used book store.  I’ve long given up on picking up a book hoping to find the miracle weight loss cure, and […]

Filed Under: Desserts, Liquor Laced, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: dessert, fruit, Mireille Guiliano, November'14, peach, vermouth

Coriander Almond Financiers

July 29, 2014 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Coriander Almond Financiers

I love summer.  As you can see by my noticeably absent presence on the web, I’ve been enjoying every minute of it.  While I’ve taken a break from work (and from blogging), I haven’t taken a break from cooking and eating!  Yesterday involved a trip to our local book store, where I devoured every new […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: almonds, baking, brown butter, butter, cake, coriander, dessert, July'14, snack, sweet

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