Roasted Asparagus with Harissa Brown Butter Breadcrumbs
I‘ve had one thing on my mind since I injured my back: get strong enough to go in search of local asparagus. Thankfully, I’m on the mend and yesterday, during a particularly sunny patch of…
I‘ve had one thing on my mind since I injured my back: get strong enough to go in search of local asparagus. Thankfully, I’m on the mend and yesterday, during a particularly sunny patch of…
Do you find yourself playing Tetris with your refrigerator on summer holidays or the average action-packed weekend? Trying in vain to squeeze one more platter of shrimp and tomato kebabs in between a watermelon and the ice…
Today is our wedding anniversary, hence the cake. It’s a light, lemony creation, which I’m serving up with a dollop of ricotta and maple-roasted rhubarb that was picked straight from my garden. Spring, long weekends,…
We started and ended the day in the yard; a team of twelve and one heck of an ambitious shoot list. The day began slowly: we discussed our plan of action over cups of coffee while the morning…
It almost seems like a cliche to write about a shower in April, but I had to share a few details from a recent celebration that was a long time coming. This afternoon tea is also…
If you make it past the little family table anecdote I am about to recount, then you will find a simple dinner recipe that needs to go on your week’s menu plan. It’s inspired by maple…
If you haven’t experienced the arrival of spring through the eyes of a four-year-old, then you’ve missed out on a contagious excitement that is one hundred percent genuine. For example, every puddle is enthusiastically tromped through…
These early March days have been bitterly cold, but brilliantly sunny. Spring still feels like a long way off, even though we are already making plans for Easter in a few short weeks. The sunshine…
I wish I could spin a story about feasting on molletes during our trip to Mexico with the kids, but even though we ate like kings on the local fare, I can’t recall ever coming…
Where I grew up in the frozen Yukon Territory, winter arrived early and stayed late, so the best way to cope was to embrace the snow. Once a year our family hosted a sledding party…
This new year I’m keeping my food resolutions relevant and attainable. In fact, I only have one: eat more pulses in 2016. I’ve just returned from a quick trip to Toronto to celebrate Pulse Feast, the…
Today felt like the first normal morning in our home in over a month. I served up oatmeal porridge with maple syrup and cream while Danny pulled espresso shots and steamed milk for our coffees….
There is a new cookbook on my shelf, a recent arrival from the Berkshire kitchen of my friend, Alana. Actually, it hasn’t rested on the bookshelf yet; I’ve been keeping it with me in the kitchen…
Temperatures have dropped around here, sending us scampering to dig out warm sweaters, matching socks and windbreakers. Fall is indeed in the air; invigorating me in a way the warm summer winds never can. I’ve…
I want to talk about tomatoes and corn, eggplant and zucchini, and all the other beautiful produce that is so abundant right now, but first, I must say thank you all for your kind responses…
Fall, winter, spring, summer, I’m always into podcasts, particularly the food-related kind. There is no show on Netflix I am currently hooked on and we haven’t had cable (or even TV) in years, which means…
The wide variety of food produced in this vast country has enchanted me ever since I was little. As a wee one alongside my older brother, I slung a fishing line over the side of a canoe…
So far, the seemingly endless rains of June have kept us from packing the car, heading to a lake and pitching a tent; but we haven’t given up hope. Weather permitting, we’ll have our summer…
You know you’re in trouble when your lunchbox board on Pinterest fails to spark any excitement. All around us, a spring renewal of sorts is in progress. My Facebook friends are donating their entire closet…
Spring comfort food in a recipe for Sour Cream & Ramp Gnocchi with Sautéed Kale and Crispy Bacon.
I finally admitted to myself this week that I was missing the hustle and bustle of book tour days past. It’s not the smell of a Sharpie or the late nights I find lacking, but…
“Do you have anything I can chop?” When my nine-year-old Noah joins me in the kitchen, this is a question I can expect him to ask every time. He likes to work on his knife…
So you’ve survived cooking with pre-schoolers. Congratulations! I have good news for you: the next stage is really, really fun. From rolling meatballs to chopping apples, watching the Yorkshire pudding rise or turning fruit into…
During my culinary school days, I shared a loft with a girl who was half Irish. We sipped our first Guinness together, staked out for the front row at a U2 concert, and dyed our…