Chocolate Guinness Cake
Chocolate cake is tough to pull off. Too dry is never a good thing and is too easily achieved when delving into the homemade cocoa gateau realm. When it’s good though, it’s oh so good. So with my Libra husband’s birthday upon us, I figured no cake could be more man pleasing than one that...
Chocolate Caramel Peanut Butter Bars
I think Halloween candy shows up in stores so early because we all end up eating it well before the end of the month. I mean, for the consideration of lunch boxes, candy dishes and movie nights at home, the fun sizes should be sold all year. But then the candy frenzy of October wouldn’t...
Thai Red Curry with Halibut
Foodie culture has pushed aside convenience. When I was growing up, it was perfectly acceptable for Aunt Jemima to make your pancakes or for you to buy your parmesan freshly grated in a tub. Not only must we now do everything ourselves, we must also have the shiny equipment to execute it on. Making cookies...
Banana “Ice Cream”
I think I have excellent willpower. I can pass the candy dishes at work without a second look, turn my nose up at cupcake shops and let the fuss over macarons be just that, a fuss. I’m even fairly (read: a little) successful at rationing any baking I do to a daily treat by putting...
Chocolate-Fig Oatmeal Bars
A good bar cookie can sometimes run circles around a regular old cookie, especially if you’re like me and enjoy thick, soft cookie middles. A pan of bar cookies can be looked upon as a pan of cookie middles for the most part. The edges, of course, get that crisp edge of a regular cookie,...
Heirloom Tomato and Peach Salad
Our short summer season seems to be quickly coming to a close in Edmonton, and so I am rushing to enjoy as many fresh summer offerings as possible. With Okanagan fruits nearing the end of their season, an assortment of gorgeous tomatoes on offer at the markets, and an abundance of mint in my garden,...
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
I made my first peanut butter pie. And I shared it with people I love. After reading the very sad post on In Jennie’s Kitchen that was circulating in the food blogger world this month, I was inspired. I thought it was a perfect tribute to ask her readers to bake that favourite pie she...
DIY Crème Fraiche
For me, watching the Food Network is like keeping a dictionary near by. I’m the kind of person who loves picking up the Big Book and randomly turning to a page to learn a new word, reconnect with an old one, or discover I have been using a favourite one incorrectly. The Food Network is...
Blueberry-Nectarine Buttermilk Cake
When I returned to Vancouver after a quick trip back to Edmonton recently, summer had finally arrived. The skies have been blue, the sun warm and the living easy. Clearly time to eat summer fruit every moment you can. And when you’re not eating it, you need to be freezing it, cooking with it, turning...
Strawberry Buckle
Here out west, we had a late spring, which has translated into a late/non-existent summer, which has then translated into favourite summer berries being late out of the gate. They are starting to trickle in now, so it’s the perfect time to eat bowls and bowls of them as well as to make all manners...
Burgers Hot Out of the Pan
I am about to tell you something that you may find controversial. Especially in the summer. During BBQ season. I prefer my burgers out of a pan. A heavy cast iron pan. Brushed with a little olive oil. Heated to HOT. Simple organic ground beef pressed into a 3/4 ” patty. Generously seasoned with kosher...
Chocolate-Raspberry Ice Cream Bread
I have no clue why I decided to try this recipe. Ice cream bread. Yes, exactly. WTF. It sounded like some sort of Frankenfood. And given that it originated in a Southern Living cookbook, I guess it kind of is. It’s the type of thing you might see Paula Deen whip together; the type of...
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