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Movin’ to the Country: Grilled Peach Lassi

August 22, 2018 By Isabelle Boucher 2 Comments | Filed Under: 5 ingredients or less, drinks, fruit, summer

One of my favourite parts of summertime is the crazy-delicious fresh peaches grown right here in Ontario. And that’s been especially true these past couple of weeks, because this year’s crop of Niagara peaches is especially amazing – intensely flavourful, sweet and oh-so-juicy.

Forget Eat a Peach Day. At my house, it’s basically Eat a Peach Month all August long.

I have pretty much eaten my weight in peaches over the last couple of weeks, and have absolutely no intention of stopping until the peaches are all gone. It’s an annual tradition.Continue Reading

Book Review: Rhubarb Soda from Batch

May 12, 2016 By Isabelle Boucher 44 Comments | Filed Under: 5 ingredients or less, drinks, spring

I may or may not have a wee problem with accumulating cookbooks. And by that, I mean that my collection has exceeded the available shelf space in my living room, overflowed into the study, and has now started taking over the coffee table in the living room.

But even so, sometimes a new cookbook comes along that is so irresistible that I can’t resist adding one more to the pile, especially when it’s so totally unlike anything else I own.Continue Reading

Jamaica Me Crazy: Hibiscus Margaritas

May 4, 2016 By Isabelle Boucher 10 Comments | Filed Under: drinks, mexican, summer

Tequila and I haven’t been on speaking terms for a few years now…. not after a few regrettable (but thankfully pre-social-media) incidents.

I do make an exception when it comes to margaritas, though, because they’re so gosh-darned tasty. I like mine shaken (not frozen), not too sweet, and made with real lime juice instead of that gross sour mix stuff.Continue Reading

Toast of the Town: Toasted Marshmallow Syrup for #LavazzaCheer

December 21, 2015 By Isabelle Boucher 33 Comments | Filed Under: condiments, drinks, gifts

It may not feel like it outside, but according to my calendar, winter is officially here… and that means Christmas is just around the corner.

It also means we’ve made our annual pilgrimage to Rhode Island to spend the holidays with my sister and her family, laden down with gifts for our nephews and Canadian treats for my sister. In a few days, we’ll return equally laden down with bellies full of chowder and clam cakes and grilled pizza, which seems like a reasonably good trade to me.Continue Reading

Berry, Berry Quite Contrary: Raspberry Mojitos (and Mint-Lime Simple Syrup)

August 9, 2015 By Isabelle Boucher 12 Comments | Filed Under: drinks, summer

When we first bought our little house, a little over nine years ago now, we inherited a very badly neglected garden that was mostly weeds.

Over the course of our first year, we discovered a few hardy gems that had managed to hang in there: an ancient gnarly old lilac bush, several patches of bearded irises, two peach trees, a big hydrangea with poofy pink blossoms, and the sturdy nectarine tree that stands guard beside our front door.

My favourite of all, though, is the little raspberry patch we discovered beside the garden gate. Somehow, it actually manages to thrive despite my slapdash approach to gardening, which falls somewhere between benign neglect and enthusiastic ineptitude. They keep coming back bigger each year, producing prodigious quantities of juicy bright red berries.Continue Reading

Ice Ice Baby: Vietnamese Coffee Frappe

June 29, 2015 By Isabelle Boucher 10 Comments | Filed Under: drinks, sponsored, summer

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know I go out for Vietnamese food pretty often. (And by pretty often, I actually mean on a more-or-less weekly basis.)

It helps that there’s a perfect Vietnamese dish for basically any kind of weather. Hot and muggy? Time to go get a big bowl of vermicelli and fresh vegetables topped with grilled beef. Cold and snowy? Time to huddle over a steaming hot bowl of pho. Rainy and miserable? Make that a steaming hot bowl of satay-style pho. Just an ordinary not-too-hot-not-too-cold-just-perfect day? Lemongrass pork chops on rice topped with a fried egg and drizzled with lots of sriracha, thanks.

And always, always, always, no matter what the weather or time of day… an iced Vietnamese coffee, a beverage that I love because it is a lesson in patience and a delicious treat all in one.Continue Reading

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