It’s cooler (there I said it) outside! It’s October and I should be expecting it but we’ve been spoiled - not too long ago, with some great t-shirt weather and I was hoping for a bit more. But it’s time for the season to show its true colors - literally! I was driving down one [...]
Whenever my wife and I were in Paris, one of her favorite past times was sitting in a café (on any boulevard really) with a coffee or tea, and a sample of one of the local pastries. With every bite of a different pastry, she would challenge me - subtly of course, to recreate it at home. [...]
This is a cakey cookie recipe. It is dense, chewy and delicious. Don't worry about leaving it in the oven for an extra minute or two beyond the baking time suggested. Something magical happens as the cookie will develop a crisp exterior that when you bite through it, reveals a chewy moist center. This recipe came about [...]
Changes in diets (no not fad diets - never fad diets) are always a good thing. It forces you to be creative with the ingredients you have a surplus of as no one is eating them. Oatmeal has gone the way of the dodo in my house. This has left me with about 3 large [...]
Spring is less than two weeks away, to be more precise 11 days away. The weather this week is behaving as it should, the snow is melting. I thought my car was a dirty sand colour, but after washing it, apparently it's charcoal grey - who knew!? I've been really busy with all kinds of [...]
I knew that would get your attention! Like we haven't had enough over the holidays. But it is almost the end of January, a little under 2 months and spring is here - on the calendar at least! I know I haven't posted a blog in a while so I thought I'd better get back [...]
Drum roll please! I bring to you, Christmas Cookie #12 (Oh yes I did!!!) - hot, spicy, decadent, savory. So this should come as no surprise! You know I like it hot! Bacon, chillies and cheese or chillies, cheese and bacon, no matter how you say it, it conjures up lip smacking memories (for me anyway). I [...]
You know I love this season! I wouldn't give it up for anything and I'm truly grateful for all we have in this beautiful land called Canada. It's been my home for almost 50 years, it's all I know, it's where I grew up and where I started my family and they now grow and [...]
This is for all my Jewish friends and in-law family. Let me start by wishing you a Happy Chanukah! I know this is a Christmas cookie blog, but I came across this recipe for Rugelach and thought it would be a good addition to jointly celebrate Christmas and Chanukah. My first attempt at making Rugelach [...]
My mum first showed me this cookie in the December 2002 edition of Gourmet Magazine. I wasn't much of a cookie baker back then but this caught my eye. I wanted to surprise the kids and so I set to making them one Saturday morning while they were out for activities. They looked great. I [...]
