Cheddar Pie Apple and Cinnamon

Dessert Recipes

The Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge is all about baking and making sweets. Every month we are given two required ingredients to work with. This month it was Apples and Cinnamon. This indeed very seasonal with the apple orchards in almost full swing. This month I...

SRC: Aunt Helen’s Gingersnaps and 3rd FFM

Dessert Recipes

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret,...

The No Cook No Bake Cookbook: Tofu Carpese Stacks and Fig Chia Jam

Breakfast Brunch Recipes, Cookbooks, Dairy Free Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

Its a scorching hot and humid summer heatwave, the 7th day in a row, and you just spent your day traveling to and from work in an hot steamy airless packed subway and bus.  There is a respite for a few hours at work, thankfully there is AC there. When you do get...

Cheesepalooza: Geitost Pate with Apricots and Pistachios

Cheese Recipes

And the clock strikes 12! Yes this is the last month of the Cheesepalooza challenge. Twelve months of cheese making, well I joined it a bit late so I have 10 entries. It was my first time taking on a year long challenge and I am proud to say I made it to the end. Lots...

Bloody Mary Popsicles and a Tropical Orgasm for Sally

Drink recipes, Recipes from food films and TV

It’s Food ‘n Flix time again! In this monthly group ‘host’ picks a movie of their choice that pertains to food. Everyone watches the movie and then makes a recipe which the film inspired. It can be any recipe you want. This month’s...

Blackberries Three Ways: a main course

Drink recipes, Main Course Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes

Pick one fruit or vegetable and prepare it three ways. These were the directives we were given for this month’s Creative Cooking Crew challenge. Since it is summer there is no shortage of options. The tough part is actually picking that one ingredient. My...

Gastronomie à l’amérindienne, a Native American meal

Events, Exotic World Recipes, Montreal Buzz

Last week I attended a unique dinner that was held for 4 night only during the Montreal First People Festival. This Native American insipred gourmet meal was held in the restaurant of the Modern Art Museum, Bistro Le Contemporain. This was a wonderful and very...

Baked Peaches and Crème Brûlée

Dessert Recipes

The Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge is all about baking and making sweets. Every month we are given two required ingredients to work with. This month it was Peaches and Cream. Two awesome ingredients that pair so well. This month I present you with one of my...

CCC: Baked Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms

Appetizer Recipes

At 5pm last Friday night, a wonderful thing happened: the begining of 2 weeks on holiday! I will be in and out of town but still prepared a few posts ahead for you. And if you are stuck at home and work, well go stuff it! No not in the mean insult way silly! That is...