Vancouver Food Writer, Photographer and Product Reviewer
It is that magical time of year! The time to start warming yourself from the inside out, starting with a big bowl of delicious soup. The corn this autumn has been so fantastic I just had to make a corn chowder to try and push this soup over the edge of deliciousness. I hope you fall for […]
I have been making this dinner for well over 10 years. I figured it was time to share it on my blog. This was my first favourite dinner. After coming home from work, trying all sorts of recipes from cookbooks and the internet and being disappointed, this recipe kicked butt. It was easy, cheap and […]
Last year I was determined to make my favourite frozen treat in the world: coffee ice cream. As fabulous as it was, it was a lot of work and very high in fat. After making Ingrid Hoffman’s Orange Julius Sorbet I started asking myself if there was a way to use a similar ice cream-making technique for my […]
It may seem redundant to do a post on grilled cheese sandwiches. What is more pedestrian in the world of food? But it isn’t true! There is an art to making the perfect grilled cheese sandwich. How do I know this? Back in my pre-foodie days I used to make the worst one in the […]
For me, one of the only consolations of winter is cooking a big pot of hearty stew. It is one of my ultimate comfort foods. When I saw that the cookbook The Big Book of Soups & Stews by Maryana Vollstedt published by Chronicle Books was on the list of books for me to choose from after winning Raincoast Books’ Cook […]
As most of you know, my breadmaker is D-E-A-D. Damn it! Sigh… Anyway… I am transitioning from making dough in the breadmaker to using my KitchenAid Mixer that I have named Rebel. You can of course mix everything together with a spoon and knead with your hands if you like. This recipe originally comes from Canada’s […]
I could not believe it. The second I finally opened the blinds and took out my camera to photograph these cookies the sun came out for the first time in days. Yay! I love hearing what people are cooking and baking via my Facebook Group and I found out about these Baileys Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies via […]
My husband’s family were getting together for a holiday dinner and I was asked to bring dinner rolls. I knew immediately I had to make my favourite rolls from the book Canada’s Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes. My personal touch? Adding some chopped fresh thyme. I only used the breadmaker for the dough so you can […]
Absolutely nothing in our family home was coveted more than piragi, Latvian bacon buns. My mom rarely baked yet every now and then, especially near the holidays, something magical would happen. Mom would bake these sweet fabulous bacon buns that would remind her of home in Latvia. They now remind me of home in Toronto […]
It has been dark here. Thankfully, not snowy (which is weird) but man, has it ever been dark! I had all that fabulous leftover lemon curd I made which got me thinking… See, I am not someone who actually celebrates Christmas. But I am someone who celebrates the return of the sun. Next week, our days […]
