The Montreal Bagel (or I should say the Only Real Bagel)

Bread Recipes, Breakfast Brunch Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Montreal Buzz

Yes, you can make the iconic smaller, sweeter and denser real Montreal bagel with a larger hole at home. A bagel made any other way is just not a real bagel! Baking bread is so perfect. I keep saying I need to bake more bread and I am always intimidated at the though...

Not Yo Mama’s Neapolitan

Dairy Free Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Ice Cream and Frozen Recipes, Reviews, Vegan Recipes

Nothing beats the summer heat like a Neapolitan frozen treat. Yonanas comes to the rescue with a healthy fruit “ice cream” which will also be kind to your bikini line. It’s really summer and it is officially frozen dessert season here in the Northern...

Brown Butter Shortbread with Butter Buttercream

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Recipes from food films and TV

Ultra rich and calorically satisfying, these Brown Butter Shortbread with Butter Buttercream are melt in your mouth divine. It’s Food ‘n Flix time again! In this monthly group a host picks a movie of their choice that pertains to food. Everyone...

Moroccan Tagine Berber

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

The ultimate fragrant Moroccan stew, a Tagine Berber is my idea of comfort food with aromatic meat served alongside big juicy pieces of vegetables. It’s time for the MENA (Middle Eastern & North African) Cooking Group. This monthly group has for...

Crisps Fish and Veggie Chips

Exotic World Recipes

A healthier take on the classic Fish and Chips, I baked a chips-battered fish and accompanied it with baked veggie chips! It’s Food ‘n Flix time again! In this monthly group a host picks a movie of their choice that pertains to food. Everyone...

Crab Louie Salad, the healthy San Francisco Treat?

Exotic World Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes

Featured in menus of reputable San Francisco & Portland restaurants since the early 1900s, this crab meat salad is a typical example of a locally sourced West Coast salad. In Canada we are about to embark on our first long weekend of the summer. Monday is called...