Curious about Spätzlesalat (Cold Spätzle Salad)?

Salad and Soup Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

Want to surprise guests with a new kind of cold salad? Then try this Spätzle Salad, a special egg noodle, served with fresh veggies, bacon, cheese and a light dressing. My new food obsession is spätzle (or spaetzel)! I consumed large amounts of it during my...

Marshmallow Ice Cream & How Social Media Saved my Ass

Ice Cream and Frozen Recipes, Montreal Buzz

Marshmallows are not just for campfires in the summer. Oh no! They can also be mixed in with your coolest estival treat to become Marshmallow Ice Cream. Here is a new unusual ice cream to add to my long list of exotic frozen treats. Marshmallow ice cream reminds us of...

Ketchup and Beans Salad with Spinach for Popeye

Recipes from food films and TV, Salad and Soup Recipes, Sauce and Condiment Recipes

Making your own homemade ketchup is so rewarding, and a millions times healthier than the bottled crap.  Find below one of the original recipes from 1906. It’s Food ‘n Flix time again! In this monthly group a host picks a movie of...

Sopa de Ajo, a Brilliant Rustic Spanish Garlic Soup with a Poached Egg

Exotic World Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes

Garlic lovers rejoice! Enjoy a beautiful bowl of Sopa de Ajo, a rustic Spanish garlic soup accompanied by poached eggs and grilled bread. The traditional Sopa de Ajo is said to have been created by Castillian shepherds looking for a way to stay extra warm during...

Food ‘n Flix: I Am Love Roundup

Recipes from food films and TV

A feast for your eyes awaits with the I Am Love Roundup for Food ‘n Flix. See what everyone prepared after watching this food film. At the beginning of this month, I announced that I would be hosting Food ‘n Flix with the movie I Am Love....

Pesto Bianco with Elderflower

Sauce and Condiment Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Recipes from food films and TV

Creative pestos are so in right now and we think they are new variants off one “real” pesto recipe. But the truth is there are hundreds of traditional pesto recipes in Italy alone. Pesto Bianco is one of them, made of walnuts, olive oil and ricotta....

9th Blogiversary: my Cake Decorating Challenge

Dessert Recipes, Instructions 101

The art form of cake decorating can be intimidating to a novice. But even masters had to start with a humbling first cake. Learn in this post the basic tools needed and how to prepare your canvas for your creations. Let’s eat a fancy decorated...

Why Kouign Amann Will Change your Hips

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

The Breton Kouign Amann pastry is utter heaven in a bite. The recipe calls for lots of butter, barely held together with flour and sugar. I am sure once you try it you will be hooked for life. Sorry hips you’re gonna get bigger! I am so late on this one,...

I Am Love for Food ‘n Flix

Recipes from food films and TV, Events

The film “I Am Love” tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes and where food takes center stage in the art of seduction. By pure coincidence, I am so very honored to be hosting for a second June in a...