made from scratch recipes from a seasonal kitchen
After blogging for so many years, it’s easy for some of my older posts to fall through the cracks and not get the love they deserve.
For instance, look at my Warm Raspberry-Chocolate Pudding Cake. It’s the kind of recipe that should get pretty regular traffic – it’s stupidly easy to make, tastes amazing, and it’s super chocolatey.
What more could anyone ask for? (Okay, maybe a million dollars and a pony, but I haven’t figured out the recipe for that.)Continue Reading
It occurred to me the other day that I’ve been holding out on you guys… all these years, and I still haven’t published a sticky bun recipe. Shame on me.
I have, of course, published a couple of different variations on cinnamon buns, but that’s not quite the same thing. Some people might think otherwise, but they’re just plain wrong. Sorry, folks.
Not that I have anything against cinnamon buns, because they’re perfectly delicious. They’re just a completely different class of bun.Continue Reading
As I was packing up the house last summer for our big renovation, I came to a realisation.
I have a lot of cookbooks. Like, a lot a lot. Like, so many cookbooks that even after I ruthlessly culled the collection of any books I no longer wanted or needed, I still had over 50 books that I just couldn’t bear to part with.
Which is why I’m now on a strict cookbook moratorium.
But I had to make an exception for my friend Mardi’s debut cookbook, In the French Kitchen with Kids.Continue Reading
Guess who’s got two thumbs and turned 40 last month This gal, that’s who.
I’m not gonna lie. I may have had a small existential crisis over the whole idea of entering a new decade of my life.
I enjoyed the hell out of my 30s, but there were a few things I wish I had done (or done more of) before closing the book on that period in my life. All the more reason to make the most out of my 40s… especially since everyone tells me they’re supposed te pretty amazing.Continue Reading
Oh hey… it’s me again. I know things have been quiet here for a while. I’ve had a few things going on that have kept me really busy away from the blog, but it feels like life is finally settling into a new normal.
Though, to be perfectly honest, I was kind of enjoying getting to eat hot food for a change. (Yes, lukewarm food is a legit #foodbloggerproblem.)
Which I guess makes it a little ironic that I’m coming back with a recipe that’s the exact opposite of hot food, but hey, it’s summertime!
As it happens, it’s also Chocolate Ice Cream Day today. Bonus.Continue Reading
After a frustratingly long and often way-too-cold winter, it finally feels like spring might be on its way, and I for one couldn’t be any more delighted.
The tulips and daffodils are tentatively peeking up from the garden beds, the robins are chirping merrily in the trees, and slowly but surely the evening light lingers just a little later each night.
And as always seems to happen this time of year, I find myself craving all the flavours I associate with spring.
I want fresh, green flavours like asparagus and artichoke, the freshness of citrus, and sweet maple syrup. Most of all, though, I find myself dreaming of that bright astringent pop of rhubarb.Continue Reading
