I don’t think Mug Cakes are new. I’ve found blog posts dating back five years with oodles of recipes for them but they seem to have taken Paris by a chocolate brown cocoa powder storm this year. Everywhere I looked little cookbooks were devoted to them. At Le Grand Epicerie de Paris you could even […]
MoreLoblaws, Canada’s largest grocer, announced this week that they will add 50 stores and spend $1.2 billion on expanding their network and distribution. Walmart echoed this push announcing $300 million in expansion. Big chains are getting bigger. That is not a story. The stories in the grocery world right now, for me, are two trends […]
MoreI’ve never believed in New Year’s resolutions but I do like to think about how I live my life each day. I’m 53. I hope to live till I’m 100 so I’ve accepted that I am now in the middle of my life should I get my wish to live to be a centenarian. When […]
MoreCoconut is a great ingredient and though I love coconut, I think spices are perhaps the greatest ingredient ever given to a cook. This post allows me to share another savoury coconut recipe but it also satisfies my longing to share my journey to a very special place in Kerala, South India. When I planned […]
MoreToday on CBC Radio One’s Alberta at Noon I talked about why the world’s gone loco for coconut and some ideas for using coconut in your holiday baking. The recipes can be found here and the podcast here. I’m on at the 17:44 mark in the show. Read on for a little more background on […]
MoreA little while ago an invitation to meet the executive pastry chef at Calgary’s Hyatt Regency hotel crossed my desk. I had to delay that meeting until after my annual trip to India and since I knew I would be jet-lagged on my return and that I would have a column for CBC Radio One’s […]
MoreClear skies on first WestJet flight to Penticton – Penticton Western News. This is a follow-up to my last post on the inaugural WestJet flight to Penticton that I got to be a guest for on October 26. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of very excited people. Mark Brett of […]
MoreAt last there is a direct flight from Calgary to Penticton. You can read all about it in this press release. Thank you WestJet. I live in Calgary so it’s obviously my favourite place in Canada. It’s where I met my husband and we’re happy to be raising our son here. I’ve loved growing my […]
MorePintxos are small appetizers pierced with a toothpick and served from large plates on bar tops. You take what you’d like, order some drinks, take a few more goodies if you have a hankering to do so and pay before you leave. The bartender simply counts up your toothpicks, remembers what you drank and charges […]
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