Last week my friend Linda and I spent four wonderful days in New York City celebrating her birthday with our NYC friends Louise and Gerry. Actually it was more like a food and wine fest. When we arrived at our hotel in Manhattan, Louise met us and we had a long leisurely ‘catch up’ lunch at Genesis Bar and Restaurant…
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Sweet kuchen comfort..
After a January filled with chicken soup days, I was looking forward to having comfort and sweet days in February. With this in mind I browsed through one of my latest additions to my forever growing cookbook collection, Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter. I had read a review of this cookbook by Cream Puffs in…
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How sweet it is!
January’s baking challenge for the Daring Bakers is Lemon Meringue Pie. The Daring Bakers was founded by Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice and Liz of La Mia Cucina. Each month a baking challenge is posted by one of the members. This month Jen of The Canadian Baker was the lovely hostess. For the past few weeks, the Cookbook Addiction…
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YaYa Celebration
I belong to a group of friends – amazing women. We call ourselves the YaYas. For over four years now we have formed a bond and have gathered to celebrate birthdays and holidays or just met for lunch. We laugh together (do we laugh together) and cry together. We have gone on holidays together where we met other amazing women…
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Week 7 – Back in the kitchen….
Last March we finally decided to renovate our kitchen and bathroom. In August the bathroom was renovated and in the beginning of October the kitchen renovation project began.We practically lived the basement for awhile . It was challenging at times to cook supper on portable burners but it was fun although I don’t think my daughters thought it was fun…
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Grappa-Soaked Mini Sponge Cakes from the Dolce Italiano Cookbook
Grappa-Soaked Mini Sponge Cakes When I started my blog years ago I was thrilled to discover Cream Puffs in Venice and meet (through cyberspace) the lovely Ivonne. We both live in Canada, are of Italian descent and share a passion for collecting cookbooks. The Dolce Italiano by Gina DePalma is one of our favourites and out of all the…
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Kitchen Renovation Week 5 – bring on the bread!
We’re into Week 5 of our kitchen renovation and we’re still standing! Actually I am getting used to cooking our meals on portable burners in the basement and washing dishes in the laundry room sink. Our basement has become the hub of all our activities. The kitchen renovation will be fully completed once the counters will be installed. Kitchen –…
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Kitchen Renovation Week 3 – Let’s eat cake!
Today we’re starting week 3 of our kitchen renovation. The kitchen will be painted, the kitchen floor will be installed, the appliances and kitchen cabinets will be delivered. It’s Monday, the glass is half full. Last Monday, Cream Puffs in Venice launched the great idea of Magazine Monday to encourage us to cook or bake our ear-marked recipes in our…
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Kitchen Reno Week 2 – I need pasta!
We are well into Week 2 of our kitchen renovations…..during week one we already pushed the delivery of the kitchen cabinets back one week which meant rescheduling the delivery of the appliances and the installing of the granite, etc….. My husband bought me two portable burners so I can start cooking ‘real’ meals and not eat grilled panini every night….
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