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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Choc & orange truffles
If only to have an amazing bowl to lick clean these bite size chocolate treats are worth the very little effort they take to make and are a great gift if you’re going to dinner at a friend’s. The only time consuming part is waiting for them to set in the fridge. Just a simple [...]
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
Flatbreads roasted with zaatar
Moutabal’s no good without something to scoop it up with….. Although pita breads work for this, it’s better to seek out a more traditional middle eastern flat bread such as lavash often available in larger supermarkets. Cut into triangles and rub with olive or nut oil. Dust with a few teaspoonfuls of fragrant zaatar and [...]
Leave a comment » - Posted in Alternate apero,Armchair travel cooking,Breads,Syria by loudada
Monday, August 9th, 2010
A mezze a day… Moutabal – aubergine dip
In Paris variations of ‘caviar d’aubergine’ are becoming ubiquitous. Any kind of aubergine dip is pretty amazing so the more the merrier. Traveling around Lebanon and Jordan recently meant a lot of it was consumed so I figured it was time to start working out what all the different mezze were and how they could [...]
Leave a comment » - Posted in Alternate apero,Healthy,Syria,veggie by loudada
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
One baby – well done please!
The reason for the lack of posting, the lack of cooking, the altered taste buds…the altered everything…..is here! Nicely marinaded in maple syrup for 8 and a half months, he is already showing signs of being a serious gourmand…
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Rye museli yogurt quick bread
A crunchy, dense, no-rise, no-fuss loaf that’s done and dusted within an hour. Experimenting with different flours is always fun. In France, flours tend to have less gluten and so home bread making has a different dimension. Seek out a strong bread flour for these kinds of quick breads, even if they are labeled for [...]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Pear, chocolate and matcha tart
Pear and almond tart is a classic dessert. Almond paste is easily located in supermarkets and poaching pears is a quick and easy way to several desserts, accompaniments and a breakfast or two. Recently, I bought 200 grams of matcha tea almond paste and mulled over ways to use it… Poached pears, matcha almond paste [...]
