Homemade Green Tea Liqueur

Drink recipes, Exotic World Recipes

Yesterday I shared with you some holiday recipes I will be making. The cocktail’s recipe contained 1 ingredient many of you may not be familiar with: Green Tea Liqueur. Honestly, I just discovered it myself this summer while I was in Toronto. The Quebec liquor...

Preps for the 24th: a Paris Brest and Dreaming of Zen Cocktail

Dessert Recipes, Drink recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Traditions

Tic toc, tic toc…is all your shopping and preparations done for Christmas? Me neither! Well most of the the shopping is done but the next days will be jam packed. -Dinner tonight with 2 girlfriends at my place (only our 3rd try but NO REASON for unforseen events...

Orange Candied Peel

Dessert Recipes, Traditions

I still remember walking in Nice in the local market and coming across a booth that sold only candied fruits. It was one of the most beautiful displays of food I have ever seen in my life. Many I had never seen candied before: strawberries, kiwis, cantaloupes. The one...

Borscht Soup

Exotic World Recipes, Salad and Soup Recipes

September is here (how did that happen?), kids are back in school, summer holidays are mostly over…..and there is, unfortunately, a possible little chill in the summer air announcing the coming of fall. Well days can be beautiful but evenings are definitely...

La Maison du Macaron

Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Restaurant reviews

This is going to be a fun blog to write….because it was a great topic to research. My boss told me about this delectable place called La Maison du Macaron. He insisted I go there and write about them. Did I mention my job is totally unrelated to this blog! So I...