I have been doing a lot of recipe testing for The Geometry Of Pasta: The Perfect Shape + The Perfect Sauce published by Quirk Books (review to follow) and wanted to share their recipe for Farfalle Con Broccoli E Alici with you. A wonderful pasta dish using bowtie pasta, broccoli, anchovies and cream. In a large pot bring a generous […]
Best Old-Fashioned Ginger Biscuits
Halloween Treats: Syrian Hummus and Homemade Crunchers
I tested a couple of recipes from Gibbs Smith‘s book Little Monsters Cookbook and here you see my rendition of their Coffin Crunchers! I did not have pitas so I used tortillas instead. I cut out Halloween shapes, put them on a parchment-lined baking sheet: I brushed on some olive oil, Italian seasoning and some Parmesan. I had […]
Cookbook Giveaway! Delicious Flavors by Victoria Amory
Contest is now closed! Winner will be announced soon! Victoria Amory‘s journey from a tiny kitchen to a real kitchen inspiring her passion for food is one I can relate to. Since then she has written about food and entertaining over the years and came out with her first cookbook Delicious! in 2009. Delicious Flavors is her […]
Margaux Sky’s English Muffins
Did you know there is absolutely no comparison between store-bought English muffins and homemade? They are completely two different entities in the foodie world. Of course one only costs you a couple of bucks and zero time and effort. The other one is a bit of an odyssey but hey, I am always up for […]
Book Review: Ruth Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires
Julie & Julia
Opening night and I was there in the theatre watching Julie and Julia!How exciting! Our friends Mike & Jen came with us who have witnessed my foodie journey for years now, so lovely to have great company, and our cashier at the concessions was actually named Julia, how perfect. From the commercials, I knew Meryl […]