Nutella Brownies
Tonight, I bring you a special PSA in the form of Nutella brownies. I’ll be brief; there’s no need for superfluous words and platitudes when they so clearly speak for themselves. Everyone’s busy. (Can...
View ArticleSticky Toffee Pudding
OK. Since everyone is so grinchily anti-fruitcake – and Christmas pudding is essentially dark fruitcake – how about a nice moist, sticky toffee pud? This one is baked, so you don’t have to mess about...
View ArticleMincemeat Torta Sbrisolona
I made this last year (as you’ll see by my old kitchen table) and then forgot to post it until it was well past mincemeat season. And although I only have one mediocre photo I didn’t want to lose it...
View ArticlePeanut Butter Rainbow Marshmallow Squares
I have a confession to make: these. Those peanut butter-butterscotch chip-rainbow mini marshmallow lovelies that remind me of parties at my great Aunt’s house, when she put out plates of dainties that...
View ArticleSaskatoon Pie
Saskatoons are far from in season, I realize – but blueberries are close. And local saskatoons can be had by the bagful from the freezer at the farmers’ market. This is about the time of year I start...
View ArticleRhubarb Eton Mess + Jamie Oliver!
So yeah, it’s been a crazy week. A week ago tonight I was making pasta with Jamie Oliver in London – and shared a plate of the pasta he made with him, even – and I need to tell you about it. How,...
View ArticleSaskatoon Pie Milkshakes + a Caboose Cabin
I’ve been traveling a lot lately, and working more hours than is probably good for me (or those I live with), and there have been extra obligations that have all added up to too much of everything, and...
View ArticleSuper Simple Blueberry Tarts
I made these last weekend, when we were invited over at the last minute to have dinner in our friends’ back yard. I wanted to make a pie, but there wasn’t time – and my crammed freezer had half a...
View ArticleSticky Toffee Fondue
Fondue seems to be a thing again – perhaps because it’s not only a dish but an event, bringing people closer together around the table and giving them something to do – fishing for hunks of bread...
View ArticleMacaroon Tarts with Chocolate Ganache
I woke up yesterday morning thinking about macaroons. As one does. (You know the difference between macaroons and macarons, right? Macaroons are those chewy mounds of coconut and sugar, bound together...
View ArticleShortbread Tarts with Meyer Lemon Curd
Although it hasn’t felt like winter for a long time around here (sorry, Toronto), Meyer lemons can still be found – there’s still time. Those yellow-orange, smooth-skinned lemons that came to be out of...
View ArticleKheer (Rice Pudding)
I forgot how much I love a creamy, sloshy rice pudding. It’s the sort of thing I make semi-regularly, but never with a recipe; I resurrect leftover cooked long grain rice, or use short grain if I make...
View ArticleBlender Chocolate Mousse
When we were kids, dessert wasn’t part of our weeknight routine – my parents tried to pass off fruit as dessert, the same MacIntosh apples we’d get in our lunches if you can believe it – but on nights...
View ArticleStrawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Warning: it’s going to be all rhubarb, all the time around here for awhile while we eat our way through the first couple armloads. This week I’ve eaten them stewed, in Eton Mess, in scones and a crisp...
View ArticleStrawberry Rhubarb Ice Cream
I don’t know if you know, but ice cream is my jam. My desert island food. I used the heat of the last couple days as an excuse to make a batch – strawberry-rhubarb, since the best part about the pie is...
View ArticleBraised Cherry Cheesecake in a Jar
BC cherries are in! Which means a) summer is here, and b) we must celebrate this fact by eating as many cherries as possible. I know food in jars is so three years ago – unless you’re my sister, who...
View ArticleStrawberry Rhubarb Pie
On Monday, five friends gathered in one kitchen with three bottles of prosecco to tackle the monstrous rhubarb currently taking over one friend’s garden. It’s beautiful – thick and solid red, and I...
View ArticleBlueberry Grunt
I want to do too many things. Most of the time I let ideas run rampant in my brain, sometimes I let them loose into lists, and occasionally I tackle them in real life. But my favourite ideas are the...
View ArticleCherry Clafoutis
It’s July, and cherries have arrived. The big, plump ones we all eat too many of – if that’s possible – and a wee bowl for spitting pits (although it’s infinitely more satisfying to spit them into the...
View ArticleKey Lime Pie
Oh this week. So much rain. So much sad. From where we are right now, summer holidays seem like an insurmountable obstacle course away, and so I made a key lime pie. It’s been one of our favourite...
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