This week’s Memories of Meals Past: A few weeks ago, I woke up on the Friday of a long weekend and thought, huh…I feel like baking! So I baked a couple of loaves of bread. I tried out a new recipe (this one) and I’m glad I did! It’s an easy-peasy recipe for two loaves of…
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Cook-A-Longs-R-Us: Caramel Corn-Topped Brown Sugar Bars
As my regular readers know, I’m part of a group baking our way through Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking Chez Moi. It’s all about Parisian French desserts, and can I just tell you? Yum! Some of the recipes are super-intricate, time-consuming, knock-your-ballerina-flats off, and others are surprisingly quick, like today’s recipe! This week’s recipe is Crispy-Topped Brown…
BCM: Pink Grapefruit Tart, and Zzzz’s
It’s been two weeks since my last post about my bake-a-long group, so it’s time for another episode of Margaret-Goes-Parisian! In other words, I’ll be writing another post about my adventures baking through Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, “Baking Chez Moi”. Read along and taste the Parisian flavours vicariously! The recipe we were making this time…
Back Pocket Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Kitchen Try-Outs
My family has never been one to do that traditional Sunday-night-dinner-with-the-family/pot-roast/ham thingy, as we tend to get together whenever as opposed to a set day. But my sister had this GIANT (and I do mean GIANT) ham that she wanted to cook, and she couldn’t eat it all herself, so she invited the whole family…
Rum Balls, and the Pleasure of a Shared Recipe
I’m always on the lookout for new and delicious things to make, because a) I love baking and b) I love eating and c) chocolate is my friend. So when a client at my work told me about the Brandy Balls that she always makes around the holiday season, I asked her for the recipe. She…