patriotic muffins
Pack up those packaged energy bars and whip out your wooden spoons.
Category Archives: food
warm butternut squash, chickpea, and tahini salad
Besides having the most appealing name, the butternut in my mind reigns supreme in flavour and versatility. I have trouble holding myself back from any recipe with butternut in the title. When my explorations led…
the hunger games: china road
China Road is a great place to try breaking away from chicken balls and fried rice.
sweet somethings
Yesterday my friend came over to make the best kind of valentines: edible ones. I had a promise to fulfill to a friend, and so I decided on mini cheesecakes. Inspired by a Martha recipe…
grown-up pizza pops
Aside from last night’s French rendezvous, this past week’s cuisine has transported us to the Mediterranean twice. Who needs a tropical holiday? Saturday I whipped up some pizza dough from my Moosewood cookbook. I divided…
comfort en cocotte
Cooking chicken in a covered pot in its own juices forgoes the KFC-esque obsession with crispy skin for even more tender meat.
40 days of hummus
I just realized that I started this new site in sync with the beginning of Lent. What was I thinking? Isn’t this supposed to be a time of renunciation (at least for those of certain…
chameleon granola
I often call it my favourite meal of the day. I love that delightful first crunch of that says “hello world.” I love cracking the shell of a boiled egg, exposing its warm, opaque flesh.…
cinnamon coffee cake touchdown
This cake has a history. Its simple cinnamon flavour and almost cheesecake-like density have made it the ultimate comfort food over recent years.