Archive for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
The Red Tea Box
696 Queen West, Toronto Quirky setting, comfy couches, mismatched china. An elegant take on High Tea. Not to mention the spicy lunch time bento boxes, seriously fancy cakes (not always as delicious as they look though…) and delicious chai latte. Floating star anise to boot.
Leave a comment » - Posted in Canada,Eating Out by loudada
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Canelé de Bordeaux
One of my favourite french bakery treats is a canelé de Bordeaux. These Bordelais mouthfuls are soft, chewy and custardy on the inside and crispy the outside. Seemingly people have a lot of trouble making these. I didn’t, I think simply because the batter was allowed to rest in the fridge for almost 3 days [...]
Leave a comment » - Posted in Baking by loudada
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
North African inspired carrot and roasted beet salad
Eating in the couscous restaurants of Paris, there are very often carrot salads on the menu – simply done, crunchy barely cooked carrots with a simple cumin and parsley dressing. Heading over to a friends for lunch one day I wanted to make a hearty salad that wasn’t composed entirely of green leaves and tomatoes [...]
Leave a comment » - Posted in Armchair travel cooking,Healthy by loudada
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Zucchini bread with poppy seeds and lemon
Moist, green flecked breakfast bread with a nutty bite. Finding a good grainy flour really makes a difference. I first came across zucchini bread years ago while working on Martha’s Vineyard for a summer. We would bike over to Morning Glory farm in the mornings just to get some of their zucchini bread for breakfast [...]
