Daring Bakers Tiramisu

Dessert Recipes

Is there anytime more divine then finishing off a delicious meal with a sublime Tiramisu? It is such a wonderful dessert that can pass as an optical illusion of light, but beware of its caloric content! You don’t realize how many calories are in there until you...

Nanaimo Better Late than Never

Dessert Recipes

With a crazy end of January month I had to skip my first Baker’s Challenge. This kind of really broke my heart as I actually follow the blog of the host: Lauren of Celiac Teen. I was really upset at not being able to participate in time. But I did promise myself...

Tea Eggs

Appetizer Recipes

Last Saturday I hosted a tiny dinner party for two old friends. Even if we do not see each other very often (the 3 of us together dated back about 2 years)  we are also not into complicated and elaborate meals. Its more about catching up. So I did not slave...

Thursday’s Thingamajig: Catamount 2 Cup Fat Separator w/Strainer

Food Trends & Gadgets

Catamount 2 Cup Fat Separator w/Strainer Catamount fat separators and measuring cups are made of 100% Borosilicate glass which makes them flame proof, oven proof, microwave safe and dishwasher safe. Product features: Fat separator with stainless steel strainer Made of...

Thursday’s Thingamajig: Trudeau Bianca Butter Keeper

Food Trends & Gadgets

There is nothing more that I hate then a nice warm toast and hard butter to tear apart my bread as I butter it. So when I heard about this gadget I just had to get one (which goes a few years back already). Trudeau Bianca Butter Keeper – ½ cup –...

Absinthe Evening

Drink recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets

How do you start off a week in style and non-sobriety? Well for me this past Monday I accomplished that with an Absinthe dinner! It all started with our last All Sugar Event where we ended up at the Lab cocktail, a bar that specializes in Absinthe. My friend Johanne...

Daring Cooks Mezze

Bread Recipes, Appetizer Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

The 2010 February Daring COOKs challenge was hosted by Michele of Veggie Num Nums. Michele chose to challenge everyone to make mezze based on various recipes from Claudia Roden, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Dugid. The February 2010 cooks’...

Beijing Restaurant

Exotic World Recipes, Montreal Buzz, Traditions

Happy Chinese New Year! Last night I had dinner at Beijing in Chinatown in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Originally I wanted to do a restaurant review but we had a special pre-ordered organized by 2 foodie friends. Beijing is actully a favorite place of mine...

Pairing Beer and Food

Drink recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Reviews

I would like to assume most foodies are capable of pairing basic wines with certain foods. But we do not think of trying to pair other alcohols with food. Trying other spirits or beers can be revealing and fun. This coming Monday I am actually going to do that with a...