Macarons! They’re trendy, they’re delicious, they’re even gluten-free. They are little works of art! And you know what? They’re tricky. I’ve had macarons on my Kitchen Bucket List for ages now. I must admit, they got on there because of their food-blooger-popularity. I figured it would be supremely fun to give them a go. Plus, […]
Coming up is the birthday of one of my favourite people in the whole world: Pria! You may remember Pria from previous blogventures such as our trip to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, or from one of my favourite recipes: her Rajma (Red Kidney Bean Curry)! She’s also the mum of my best friend, […]
Jenn and Jill have challenged The Daring Cooks to learn to perfect the technique of poaching an egg. They chose Eggs Benedict recipe from Alton Brown, Oeufs en Meurette from Cooking with Wine by Anne Willan, and Homemade Sundried Tomato & Pine Nut Seitan Sausages (poached) courtesy of Trudy of Veggie num num. This recipe […]
Dave and Linda from Monkeyshines in the Kitchen chose Soufflés as our November 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge! Dave and Linda provided two of their own delicious recipes plus a sinfully decadent chocolate soufflé recipe adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s recipe found at the BBC Good Food website. Oh, Daring Cooks challenge, you have inspired me again! […]
Back in June, I posted my Culinary Bucket List: a list of 15 things I want to accomplish in the kitchen — and one of them has daunted me for a very long time: poached eggs. So let me show you a photo: I did it! I poached my first egg! And it was delicious! […]
Time for another Daring Bakers‘ Challenge! And this time, there’s chocolate! The June 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Dawn of Doable and Delicious. Dawn challenged the Daring Bakers’ to make Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse. The challenge recipe is based on a recipe from the book Chocolate Epiphany by Francois Payard. For […]
Weekend Brunch!!! What a great time to take a couple extra minutes to put together something healthy and delicious. And around here, weekend brunch either means French Toast, sourdough pancakes, or eggs. Today was an eggy morning, and the perfect time to have some Eggs in a Basket. We also call this Eggs in a […]
There was an interesting and inspiring post on Michael Ruhlman’s blog yesterday, discussing a new book from Lee Kravitz, Unfinished Business. Kravitz was fired from his position as editor at Parade magazine, and decided to finish off his life’s unfinished business. Great concept, and over at Ruhlman’s blog, there is the most interesting discussion going […]
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