Bake with abandon!
No one can call my family humourless. Having read about the rash of kitchen disasters on my blog, their birthday wishes and my cake were presented with an electric candle. Guess Mom didn’t want her dining room set afire. She needn’t have worried. I’d gotten …
As part of the Blog a Day for the Month of May challenge, I’m doing a blog swap with fellow writer, Elizabeth Kricfalusi. She and I have a lot in common besides making a living with words. She loves to travel, has a soft spot …
As promised, I made the Almond Coriander Chicken from Rouxbe for dinner last night. I’d planned on blogging about the site and resulting recipe, but Murphy dropped by to say hello. The recipe called for 4 whole onions. That’s a lot of chopping, so I …
Chocolate curls are an art form I’ve yet to perfect. My sister asked for “that layered nut cake you made before” and I obliged. Tuning into my psychic abilities, I decided she meant Hazelnut Mocha Torte and not Pecan Orange Dacquoise. Because the cake and …
This post is not for the squeamish. Consider yourself warned. Still with me? Remember the not-so-Amish bread starter I tossed in the garbage on Monday to save my friends from eternal baking? After waste pick up this morning, Andrew found a fresh batch alive and …
Amish Friendship Bread is the sour dough version of a chain letter. In true pacifist style, no one threatens you with bad luck, higher taxes or computer woes should you break the chain. However, by following the directions, you end up two loaves of mediocre …
Recently I confessed to bringing rancid salad dressing to a potluck dinner. After my initial mortification waned, curiosity emerged. Just how could this have happened? With cupboards chock full all kinds of fancy oils and flavoured vinegars, one bottle looks pretty much like another. I …
Sometimes I feel cursed. At Christmas I made a batch of Parmesan Twists, a rich cheesy nibbley, and in my haste decided not to twist them. While this omission didn’t alter the taste or texture, the resulting log-like forms were less than inspiring. Instead of …
Quick. What is this? Chocolate muffin with sugar sprinkles? An extreme close up of a cocoa rolled truffle? Nope. Guess again. It’s steak. Earlier in the week, The National Post ran an article about adding coffee to a dry rub. Not only did the recipe …