This week’s Baking Chez Moi bake-a-long recipe is for Cherry Crumb Tart. In classic Dorie Greenspan style, she starts off the recipe by describing how she came up with the idea to make a tart with cherries after a drive through Alsace, France. As for me, my strongest association with cherries in baked form is…
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Waste Not, Want Not: Schoolhouse-Style Dinner Rolls
I’m currently in the middle of making a three-layer brownie and ice cream dessert (post to come!) but had to take some time out to talk about my new favourite dinner roll recipe. Have you heard of Schoolhouse Rolls? Or Schoolroom Buns? Until recently, I hadn’t. But I was googling ways to use up milk…
Memories of Meals Past: Strawberry Panna Cotta
For this week’s Memories of Meals Past post, I’m writing about panna cotta, that fancy-pants dessert. I’d always heard of panna cotta, but never knew exactly what it was until this year, when I came across several recipes for it. Basically, it’s a cream jelly. It makes for a pretty moulded dessert, and is often…
Memories of Meals Past: Days of Red Wine And Chocolate (Cupcakes)
I was chatting with a friend in Thailand on Skype last night (shout out to Henneth! FYI, check out his awesome paintings on flickr — so gorgeous!), and logged off so I could go write a blog post for Throwback Thursday, or as I call it around here, Memories of Meals Past. But I got…
Nutella Buttons, and Why I Will Never Be A Skinny-Minny
Earlier this week, I popped my head into the DH’s man-cave and shook a jar of Nutella in his face. Me: Sweetie, don’t eat any more Nutella! Because I need it for a recipe. DH: I haven’t had any. Me: But it’s half gone! DH: I haven’t had any, I swear. Me: Really? Um…never mind!…