The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking. For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa was the gracious hostess of both. Using the theme of beurre noisette, or browned butter, Elissa chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make a [...]
Aug 272010
Aug 242010
It’s not surprise that I love granola. I’ve blogged about it a bunch of times (just type in granola in the search field at the top). Granola is one of those things that I can never find just right in the packaged version. As someone with a serious aversion to raisins I’m forever disappointed that [...]
I love summer in Ontario. I get so excited to go to the farmers markets and pick up whatever is fresh. I went to the Brickworks for their weekly market and picked up this incredible delicious basket of peaches. As I was making my way through the peaches I realized that I would need an [...]
After my recent visit to Babbo I was obsessed with the blueberry upside-down cake that I had for dessert. So when I went blueberry picking and ended up with a TON of blueberries I knew that I wanted to make something similar. After searching high and low for the exact recipe I ended up finding [...]
As I detailed in a previous post I got a whackload of cherries and needed something to do with them. Obviously pie came to mind but I didn’t want to make a traditional pie. Luckily I came across this recipe from Bon Appetit. What got me was the coconut. I love love love coconut! And [...]
Jul 182010
So on Fried Chicken Day I decided to make biscuits too because fried chicken and biscuits go together like early Madonna and lace. I’m forever craving Cheddar Bay Biscuits from Red Lobster so I went on the hunt for something similar. I ended up finding this recipe from the Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network [...]
Jul 102010
Recently my dear friend Jaime invited me to go cherry picking in her grandmother’s yard. Since I a.) love cherries and b.) love opportunities to channel my inner Nicole Richie circa “The Simple Life” I was eager to join. Having never picked cherries in my life it didn’t really occur to me how this event [...]
Jul 042010
So if you haven’t been able to tell I’m pretty much obsessed with macaron-making. Once I discovered that they are easy enough to make I have a hard time buying them. AND since summer is here I can use my egg whites for macarons and my egg yolks for ice cream. It’s truly a win-win [...]
So earlier this month I posted my Daring Cooks Challenge results and now it’s time for my first ever Daring Bakers challenge! I joined Daring Bakers because I like baking but I don’t often push myself to make things beyond my comfort zone (macaron-making excluded). This is a good way to try a few new [...]
While at the farmers market the other day I couldn’t resist some more fresh Ontario rhubarb and strawberries. Strawberries and rhubarb are a classic pairing so I figured I’d make some sort of dessert. My mind immediately went to pie and then to crumble. But then I went to Epicurious and saw this recipe for [...]
