About a month ago I bought the September issue of Saveur Magazine. I had not yet bought an issue of Saveur Magazine, but the caption Homemade Ricotta on the front cover caught my eye. The article on Homemade Ricotta written by Janet Fletcher, was about making ricotta cheese the ‘Shepherd’s Way in the hilly pastures of Calabria, Italy’. It was so…
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Pizza Dough and Toppings – Daring Bakers
For the Daring Baker’s October challenge, Rosa of Rosa’s Yummy Yums challenged the Daring Bakers to make pizza like just like the pizzaiole/pizzaioli using the“Pizza Napoletana” recipe from Peter Reinhart’s “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. These days I seem to take two steps forward and three backwards so it was only yesterday I realized that the posting date was TODAY! I…
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Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes – TWD
For this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie baking Clara of I heart Food for Thought chose Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes on pages 215-217 from Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking: From my Home to Yours. Who could resist baking chocolate cupcakes? These cupcakes are made with cocoa powder and bittersweet chocolate and are also topped with a chocolate glaze. I thought that the addition of…
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Pumpkin Muffins – Tuesdays with Dorie
For this week’s TWD baking event Kelly of Sounding My Barbaric Gulp chose Pumpkin Muffins from page 13 of Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking: from my Home to Yours. I wasn’t sure if I was going to participate because some family members are not pumpkin fans and others are not raisin fans. Honestly, I am indifferent. Not wanting to miss an…
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Lenox Almond Biscotti
This week’s TWD is Lenox Almond Biscotti chosen by Gretchen at Canela and Comino. Was I happy? You bet! We are truly a biscotti loving family. You’re sure to find biscotti at every holiday and family event. I have made so different types of biscotti but almond biscotti are the family’s favourite. This was a simple recipe to follow but…
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Happy Thanksgiving Canada!
Today is our Canadian Thanksgiving. A day to stop and reflect on the many things I am thankful for: so thankful for my famil, my husband of 25 years who is such a caring and giving person, my two daughters whom I can not imagine not being part of our lives, my amazing friends who have always been so supportive,…
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Caramel-Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake – TWD
For the October 7th of the Tuesdays with Dorie baking event, Tammy of Wee Treats by Tammy chose Caramel-Peanut-Topped Brownie Cake on pages 264 and 265 of Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking: From my Home to Yours. This seemed like a simple recipe to make so I scheduled to make it yesterday afternoon just before I planned to finish roasting half…
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Ginger Pear Muffins
It’s been almost two weeks since my last post. My dear father-in-law passed away and the past two weeks have been very sad and stressful for our close-knit family. But eventually with time we must all move on and live with the memories. We have lived next door to my mother-in-law and father-in-law for the past 25 years so my…
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Dimply Plum Cake – TWD
This Dimply Plum Cake, chosen by Michelle, of Bake-En, is this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. I was a bit hesitant to make it at first because I am allergic to stone fruit but my family isn’t and since the recipe sounded so good, I decided to bake it after all. I love the taste of orange zest (and lemon…
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