Last Thursday I got the chance to meet one of my favourite culinary heroes today: Alton Brown. When I heard that the 52-year-old Food Network star was going to be in Toronto for his Edible Inevitable Tour, I was eager to get a ticket. Best known Read more…
I remember sitting outside a quaint, little French pâttiserie in the town of Bordeaux, France several years ago on a warm, Spring day. As I sipped on a tiny cup of espresso and had my first bite of a delectable pastry called canelé… Okay, so that Read more…
In less than 30-minutes you can be eating a deliciously healthy meal of pan-seared salmon, full of omega-3, protein and cardiovasular benefits. If salmon weren’t so expensive I would definitely cook it on a more regular basis. I found some Atlantic salmon for a decent price Read more…
These soft Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip cookies are made from scratch. No cake mixes here and no need to chill the dough! You’ll have yummy cookies in less than an hour! There’s no denying the popularity of Red Velvet Cake. Not only in the Read more…
Who’d have known that February 9th is known as National Pizza Day (in the U.S. at least)? It’s a good thing I had some pizza-making ingredients on hand so that I can celebrate by making some for dinner tonight. And seeing as how Valentine’s Day Read more…
Today I tried to make my first German Pancakes (aka Dutch Baby Pancakes) thanks to an insightful Pancake 101 post by Redpath Sugar. And now I think this will be my favourite way to make pancakes from now on! German Pancakes seem like they have the combined DNA Read more…