Special day for me today, I get to make anything I want for the person whose birthday it is! And this is our first quarantine birthday cake together – hopefully we will be able to celebrate “when things get back to normal” with family and friends soon. My wife loves desserts – okay I know [...]
Oh my goodness where is the time flying?! We are almost at the end of February! There are 24 days to calendar spring and although the one good thing to come out of this lockdown is that I learned that it is possible to go for a walk on a cold day and enjoy it! [...]
I love cleaning out my pantry, but only when I uncover ingredients which force me to use them and turn them into something delicious (as opposed to tossing it out because it expired in 2019 – yikes!). These bars were inspired by two cans of condensed milk sitting in my cupboard which were dangerously close [...]
I think I have said this before, but I am truly grateful that my wife was never a fan of Valentine's Day! She is much to practical and smart to follow trends and others such things. Her thinking has always been that there shouldn't be a day that is dictated as to when you show [...]
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year! As I recall, we seemed to be shutting down last year at this time. So things are looking better, still need to stay focused and diligent about best practices though. While the celebrations this year (and I am so tired of saying this), will be very different [...]
In my morning scan of recipes (a while back), I came across this super interesting technique for making these delicious cookies. The flavoring for the cookies caught my eye, three of my favorite flavors - coffee, maple syrup and chocolate. But what really got me interested was the technique used to make the cookies. There [...]
A few years back, I had the pleasure of meeting and Chef’ing for a class led by Stephen Twining – a 10th generation Twining and Tea Ambassador. He was introducing a new line of tea which I used to make some Earl Grey shortbread cookies (https://foodinspires.com/2016/03/01/twinings-london-strand-earl-grey-tea-cookies/). Last week I ran across a recipe for a [...]
Who would have thought that those tiny seeds would have so much flavor in them. I’m talking about sesame seeds of course, and in this recipe – tahini, specifically. I love the earthy taste that can be made both savory and sweet. This is a maple brownie with a tahini infused cookie base. Not your [...]
Happy 2021 everyone! I trust you had a great New Year’s Eve and a great start to the year! Different than what we are probably used to but I was never a big fan of New Year’s Eve events anyway. It was always such a bother to get ready, fight the crowds to get there, [...]
Well this is the last recipe in the 2020 Christmas Treat series. An unusual year no doubt and I really hope I have given you recipes that made you hungry and blogs that made you smile. This is an old standby, thousands of recipes out there, I put my twist on the spice mix (well [...]
