Happy International Women's Day to every woman out there! It does make me sad that we have to designate a day to pay tribute to women. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a wonderful idea, but I think that everyday, we should celebrate the women in our lives and the women that change the [...]
This is a nice recipe for those occasions when you just want cake. You can serve it with or without icing. It is moist and very flavorful on its own or with the icing. I like cutting the apples into a small dice for this cake. The firmer the apple, the better they will retain their [...]
It's almost here, that day when men go mad over flowers, chocolate and other things, not for themselves but to demonstrate their love for the ones they love. Ridiculous prices loom and we (at least I) don't usually think about prices when it comes to gifts for my wife. I'm very lucky though that my [...]
I miss being in Chef school! I learned so much and almost everything was “new to me”. There was a sense of competitiveness as well as comradery built into every day. So when I saw this Dobos Torte recipe I thought of my days at George Brown. We did the most interesting cakes – ones [...]
Christmas Cookie #12 – World Peace Cookie by Dorie Greenspan. A perfect way to finish off the 12 cookies and think of the beauty and joy this season brings to us. This is mostly her writing of the recipe from her blog, with my comments in italics. She explains it beautifully and I could [...]
I really have a soft spot for sugar cookies, but not the crispy kind, I like them soft and chewy. Don’t get me wrong, if they are the crispy kind, I just need some coffee to dunk them in and then I’m fine – yes, I’m a dunker. But when I get them like this, [...]
For this cookie (and really any spice cookie) you need the freshest spices. If your spices have been sitting around for a while – lets say for one year or so, then toss them and pick up some new ones. Small quantities only, remember it’s only a bargain if it gets used. This is nice dough [...]
These are a favorite of mine. Mainly because I always have cake scraps in my freezer that can be used as the base. The latest came from experimenting with various sizes of cake tins – you can’t just double a cake recipe, baking is a science. It’s balance that causes a cake to rise. Some [...]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There are some recipes that just by reading them you can tell you have a winner. This is another one of those. I’ve adapted it from Alice Medrich’s Pure Dessert cookbook. Her technique of letting the dough rest in the pan for at least two hours [...]
Ah, cold butter, flour and ice water to bring it all together, just a pinch of salt, and yes that’s the recipe for puff pastry. That most favored, sought after and versatile of dough’s. I’m a big fan of this and when you have the time to sit around waiting for layers to form really [...]
