Last year I participated in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap organized by Julie of The Little Kitchen and Lindsay of Love and Olive Oil by making Almond Cranberry Biscotti. To participate, I sent Julie and Lindsay my name and in turn I received the three names of food bloggers to send each a dozen of my Almond Cranberry Biscotti. There were close…
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Italian Style Sausage, Kale and Butternut Squash Guest post by Nadia Fazio of Mangia Bedda For Canadians, Thanksgiving has come and gone and we’re headed full speed toward the Christmas holidays. So you may be wondering why I’m writing about Italian Style Sausage, Kale and Butternut stuffing? That’s because I’ve decided that stuffing is great any time of…
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Madeleines Cookbook The Madeleines cookbook by Barbara Morse features over 70 recipes for Madeleines and elegant French tea cakes to bake and share, accompanied by colour photos. I was quite impressed with the variety of both the sweet and savoury Madeleine recipes listed as I have only known the familiar buttery Madeleine. Introduction to Madeleines At the beginning of the book,…
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Gatherings Cookbook Contents Chapters The Gatherings cookbook: Bringing People Together with Food by Jan Scot and Julie Rosendaal is the perfect guide to at-home entertaining. It features over 100 delicious, easy to make recipes for gatherings such as Weekend Brunch, Showers, Pie Party, The Pantry Party, Kid’s Birthday Parties, Big Family Gatherings, Fall Harvest Dinner, Sunday Supper, Date Night for Two,…
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Chocolate Espresso Pound Cake Chocolate Espresso Pound Cake is one of over 100 traditional baking recipes featured in the Butter Baked Goods cookbook by Rosie Daykin. Rosie is the owner of the Butter Baked Goods bakery in Vancouver which is famously known for its best gourmet marshmallows in North Amercia. Butter Baked Goods Cookbook The nine chapters feature recipes of baking…
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The Messy Baker Cookbook After making the Burnt Caramel and Sea Salt Sticky Buns recipe from the Messy Baker cookbook by Charmian Christie, I realized it’s not the kind of cookbook you look through once and tuck away in your bookshelf. It makes you want to roll up your sleeves and start baking up a storm. Contents I loved reading…
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Surprise Cake For the July Daring Bakers’ Challenge, Ruth from The Crafts of Mommyhood challenged us to bake a cake. But not just any cake; she asked us to add in a special surprise for our eyes as well as our taste buds. This was a great opportunity to share the experience my goddaughter Tanya, and I had making,…
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This year, our more than 30 year old pear tree, produced an abundance of Bartlett pears. It was the best pear harvest
