My friend Terry from Brooklin (Ontario) gave me the idea for this recipe. Lots of versions of this around the table, this is mine adapted from Terry’s. It has almond slices, pumpkin seeds, peanut butter, salted caramel pieces, Skor bits and chocolate chips. Healthy eating – well it has nuts and seeds in it – [...]
I think every country has a version of this cookie. The ingredients tend to be the same with some variations but the results are always delicious. Kourambiethes is a Greek cookie made primarily with lots of butter, not too much icing sugar and a couple of egg yolks. How could that possibly result in a [...]
Bacon, bacon extract, maple syrup, maple sugar and chocolate – oh the foundation of good times is finally here! Praise and sing, chorus of angels – world peace will happen. I went crazy with this one so please feel free to omit or substitute ingredients if there is something in the title that doesn’t appeal [...]
Oh the hunt continues! So much to do and so little time, but it is great fun to search for interesting ideas and ingredients. This is from Dorie Greenspan’s “Dorie’s Cookies” book. To say I could eat my way through this book would be an understatement. If you don’t have it, oh my goodness put [...]
I’m a big fan of shortbread. I greatly appreciate true artisanal shortbread – buttery, the slightest bit crumbly, melt in your mouth goodness. So this recipe takes the simplicity of the shortbread and modifies the flavor with the addition of freshly cracked black pepper and whatever citrus you have on hand. So I present to [...]
This is a tradition in our house at Christmas time, and it is Christmas time isn’t it. Well you know what that means (trumpets blaring in the background) – The 12 Treats of Christmas! (in a booming voice). This is Treat #1. I changed the name from Cookie #1 to Treat #1 because I want [...]
This is a torte so it doesn’t have much height, but what it lacks in height, it makes up in taste. Something magical happens when you use dates in cooking or baking. Sometime they dissolve into a beautiful paste that invisibly adds immense flavor and texture to foods, other times they provide the sweet to [...]
Yes my friends, it’s that time of the year again! Neighbors are gathering - in large baskets, zucchini of all sizes, shapes and colors. People you don’t even know are stopping by and knocking on your door to unload – I mean share, the bounty of this most glorious of fall vegetables. So here is [...]
When I first became a Chef, I must have spent many months going through various culinary websites for inspiration, ideas and direction. One of the sites I came across belonged to David Lebovitz. I guess he intrigued me because he also made a change in his life moving from the US to France. I liked [...]
Here’s another keeper cake recipe. I had some ricotta in the fridge. My friend Maria makes all kinds of delicious Italian treats (which I am sometimes the grateful beneficiary of - ahem, #shehasn'tmadesomethingformeinawhile) with ricotta. I wanted a recipe that was easy to come together and taste good. I ran across a recipe a [...]
