I’ve been baking and trying to perfect my macaron baking for about two years now. My shells always came out under-baked (increasing cooking time did not help) and gritty-looking (although…
I was totally flattered and excited when my friend Maria invited me to the launch party and press event for her new business, The Baking Lab. I met Maria in…
This post is coming to you after my bestie asked me how I go about pureeing pumpkins. Sharing is caring, so here is what I do. When I was about…
…Instagram style. The bank holiday started with Greg’s birthday on Friday. He asked for homemade pizza for dinner. And lemon cake for dessert. Unfortunately I don’t own round cake tins…
With Switzerland still in our hearts, and arteries, we continued our lust for cheese back home. We made Macaroni Cheese Souffle, Soft Cheese Onion Bread and Shirred Eggs for brekkie.…
The day before I left to NYC we decided to put together a last minute tea party. Since I am still new to tea, I figured this would be a…
Patience Good artisan bread takes time. No one can argue with this. The truth lies in the pudding pre-ferment. Artisan bread often calls for a starter/sponge/poolish/biga. All are pre-fermented doughs.…
…I do have stuff to share. I forgot that Greg took a few pictures of the holidays and when we had guests over this week. So here is our week…in…
In preparation for our move abroad we packed all our belongings and divided them into two big stacks: stuff to go with us and stuff to go in storage. Sadly…
Being away from home has not stopped us from continuing in our Christmas tradition: our annual holiday cookie swap. For this event I made French macarons, berry flavoured. Aren’t they…
