We have so many requests for this recipe, we thought it was time to share it here. This harissa has a great balace between spicy and sweet, with a large amount of roasted red peppers & sundried tomatoes blended in to the spice mix. Perfect with grilled fish, kebabs, on the side with your Moroccan […]
In the kitchen, and in the garden, there’s the fantasy, and then there’s real life… I love the idea that I’m going to go to the farmer’s market in the summer, bring home loads of yummy local produce, cook lots of delicious stuff for our family to work on through the week, and repeat the […]
We’re never really about moderation around here…we love what we do, we love to eat, it all goes hand in hand. The results can be euphoric or destructive…it’s a mixed bag and often both at once. For cooks, it’s really hard to find a balance between not standing too much, not lifting too much, not […]
From a baker whose first words were “cookie good,” here is a recipe for one of my first favorite cookies. A beautiful one for the holidays, a must, actually. If you’ve never made Rugelach before this is the recipe to start with. My “jelly roll” technique is much quicker and easier than the way many […]
Houseguests last summer arrived laden with gifts: home-made jams (they’re jam junkies), books, fresh-picked fruit from a farm close to their Vermont home, and huge tins of home-made…um…crackers… I have to admit, the last part left me a little less excited. Never really been a particularly keen cracker-eater. Always preferred my carbs in bread or […]
Everyone has their “guilty pleasures” when it comes to food…and for many chefs it can be something really out there, think steamed cheeseburgers, Hostess Cakes, greasy poutine. I guess it’s something that usually hearkens back to childhood and a time before any culinary careers and regular contact with luxury ingredients took off. In any case, I […]
What’s with the recent backlash against the word “foodie”?? A recent issue of one of our favorite cooking magazines recently went on a minor diatribe about this “catchall word for people who appreciate a great meal and what goes into it” and it’s not the first we’ve seen…The editor claims that the word is “goofy” […]
I have written before about how much I need and love my pastry gurus, and Joanne Chang of Flour bakery is certainly one of them. Right now I’m getting inspired by her newest book, Baking with Less Sugar, but her first cookbook, Flour, is one that I have used for so many delicious desserts here […]
Photos by Greg Nesbit Photography I have what I like to refer to as my “pastry gurus. ” These are the recipe-writers who not only care enough to only publish recipes for things that are yummy, but also to write their recipes and edit them so that they WORK. Many people tell me that they […]
Photos by Greg Nesbit Photography Everyone knows how I feel about secret recipes: they’re against my religion! Enjoying a dish and then requesting the recipe is just the highest compliment you can give. And some things are just so wonderful, they have to be shared. I received this incredible recipe from an extremely talented pastry […]
