Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
We have a working fireplace! Well, we have what looks like a working fireplace, since we’ve in all honesty done nothing but look at it intently, and smugly, in that we-have-a-working-fireplace kind of way, meanwhile being somewhat too intimidated to actually put a fire in it. But we will be lighting that sucker this Friday [...]
Posted in autumn, baked goods, brunch, butternut, cheese, cinnamon, cloves, conserve, cream cheese, dessert, fall, fruit, pancakes, pudding, pumpkin, quince, spice, star anise on November 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I might have mentioned, in the last few posts, all the culinary disasters that have emanated from my kitchen over the last couple of weeks, while I’ve familiarised myself with new cooking appliances. Well, okay, a bad workman always blames his tools, right? So I suppose I have to take just a wee [...]
Posted in basil, dinner, duck, fall, garlic, olives, pasta, pesto, rosemary on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’re having our first snow here in Toronto. Big, fat flakes have been falling all day and the temperatures are just right to allow for picture perfect moments: cold enough that the snow doesn’t instantly turn into boot-eating slush but warm enough to allow a certain amount of frolicking in the streets. A [...]
Posted in almond, beans, cranberry, dinner, grean beans, vegetarian on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Finally I have a few recipes up the sleeve to share. Although, to be honest, these aren’t so much recipes as food combinations we’ve been having for dinner. It’ll have to do, though, until something more inspiring comes along. I’ve had a string of culinary disasters in the kitchen recently and while [...]
Posted in Christmas, beer, dried fruit, fruit cake, pudding on November 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Oh guess, just go on and Guess what I’m making in my Kitchen…
You’ll have to wait to hear how it all goes, but I’m already so very, very excited. I really do try to put off the Christmas Cheer for as long as I can. The stores whip those sparkles and lights out [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, mousse, white chocolate on November 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
If you’re in the same boat as me (and by boat I mean relative age category) you’ll remember the Guns ‘n Roses track “November Rain”. If you were in the Romantic Teenage Angst Boat at the time you’ll no doubt be thinking of the sad “death” of a ravishing Stephanie Seymour [...]
Posted in autumn, bread, breakfast, brunch, cheese, egg, proscuito on November 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So, we moved. And as anyone who’s moved will know, it’s always a bit of both worlds: it’s exciting, but it’s not usually a lot of fun until a couple of weeks after the fact. This move was, however, something special. And I mean not so much in the way of, [...]
