Tonight’s dinner was inspired by a long ago and almost forgotten memory. My daughter is spending the year travelling the globe and early this morning she texted me from Berlin. “Apparently it’s white asparagus season here. It lasts for 3 weeks then goes away. It’s a big deal. Thought you’d like to know.” Believe me, [...]
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Asparagus Milanese French Toast for Dinner
Posted in Bread, Eggs, tagged asparagus, Bread, eggs, french toast on April 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
#38. Tuscan Bread (Salt and Serenity bakes without salt!)
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Salt on April 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This week’s bread in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge presented me with a real dilemma. You see, Tuscan bread is unique in that it is one of the only breads, the world over, that is made without salt. If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that those words, “without salt” [...]
Cocktails at the Cottage
Posted in Appetizers, Drinks, tagged cocktails, green olives, martinis, pomegranate, vodka on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I think I have a special fondness for these recipes because the last time I had them was at my friend Sandy’s cottage. Sandy and her husband are the ultimate hosts. After almost 3 weeks of rainy July weather, upon our arrival, they arranged for the sun to come out and there it stayed for [...]
#37. Swedish Rye Bread and memories of an awkward teenage date.
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged flaming drinks, licorice, Rye on April 25, 2010 | 11 Comments »
In week 37 of the Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge we tackle Swedish Rye bread. How, you may ask, does Swedish Rye differ from the regular rye bread we are all familiar with? This bread is flavoured with licorice flavoured aniseed and fennel seed and a pinch of cardamom. It also calls for dried orange zest. [...]
Bobby Flay’s Peanut Butter Caramel Swirl Brownies
Posted in Brownies and Squares, tagged Bobby Flay, Brownies, Caramel, Peanut Butter on April 17, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Okay, I have become a little bit obsessed with Bobby Flay’s show “Throwdown” on the Food Network. It might be the catchy theme song that I just can’t stop singing, or maybe it’s just Bobby’s curls that I am obsessed about. I used to have curls just like that before I discovered the CHI flat [...]
#36. Stollen and the visual learner.
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge, tagged Bread, Challah, Dried fruit, Holiday Breads on April 11, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Who knew that a German fruit filled bread could demonstrate my learning deficiencies so clearly? As I read through the recipe for Stollen, this week’s bread in Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, I knew that I had a real challenge on my hands. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to [...]
Marble Matzoh Crunch
Posted in Passover, tagged Caramel, Chocolate, Crunch, Matzoh, Passover on April 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This week in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge I am scheduled to bake Stollen. However, it’s Passover this week and I’m not eating bread. So in honour of this holiday I offer my favourite Passover treat, “Marble Matzoh Crunch.” The original recipe comes from Montreal baker extraordinaire Marcy Goldman. Her cookbook “Better Baking.com“ is one of my go [...]
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