Things that go together: doughnuts and coffee, sugar and spice, cheese and crackers, me and anything chocolate, and…cooking and drag queens?!??? Apparently so! The other day I came across a funny youtube video when I was surfing the net for cooking videos. The title of the series is “Cooking with Drag Queens“, and it is,…
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Salads I Have Known & Loved: Lentil Salad Sprinkles, Blog Traffic, and a Contest Entry
In my on-going quest for foodie fame, fortune, and blog traffic, I’ve decided to enter a contest. I heard about it through the Canadian Food Bloggers, a group of which I’m a member, and I thought it would be a great way to try something new in terms of food as well as my blogging….
Granola Energy Bars & Eating Lighter (in theory, if not in practice)
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m part of an on-line baking group, cooking our way through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi cookbook. Today’s recipe is Granola Energy Bars. Hereafter christened Granola Extremely High Caloric Intake Energy Bars. Why? Read on, mes amis! I started out using Dorie’s base of 2 cups of oats to 2 cups of dried fruit…
Candy Confections: White Chocolate Candy Cane Bark
Creamy white chocolate in holiday colours with a sprinkle of crushed candy cane on top — what’s not to like? Just like my Customize-Your-Own Chocolate Bar, this would make for great Christmas gifts! I thought this up after seeing variations on foodie sites, and whipped it up yesterday. Oh so good! I was hard-pressed not…
Candy Confections: Make-Your-Own Customized Chocolate Bar
I went on a weekend road trip with some friends last week, doing some cross-border Christmas shopping (I *may* have done some shopping for myself) in the Niagara/Buffalo area. My friends and I went into a shopping area in Niagara and saw a candy shop, which of course I had to go into. It was…