We’ve almost finished our organic fruit and vegetable box except for some apples and a few bananas that were starting to get overripe and mushy so I decided to make them into banana bread so we could still have the bananas for breakfast the next couple of days. This time, I used my dog-eared cookbook …
Baking bread is relaxing so now that the weather has started to cool down a slight bit from 34C to 28C, I decided that I would be able to stand a few hours of kneading in a hot kitchen especially since I accidentally found some bread flour (pretty hard to come by here) and bought …
It’s just too hot to go outside and I’ve run out of books to read. My Amazon order doesn’t arrive until next week so in the meantime, I’ve been skimming through cookbooks again, trying to find new recipes I haven’t tried or just get inspiration for dinner. Today, I decided to do some scones from …
What better way is there to start the year than fill the house with the lovely smell of fresh-baked bread – brioche, in this case. I haven’t made a brioche since my Intermediate pastry course in Le Cordon Bleu Paris about 15 years ago so this was like starting over. The recipe was simple and …
One of my son’s favorites is pizza so we try and have a pizza night once a month and he helps out with rolling the dough and making his own dinner. I use a recipe from Patricia Wells Trattoria which is easy and foolproof. We each make our own using tomato sauce (usually bottled passata), …
Travels with a Gourmet 