Archive of month: August 2009

Stuffed Aubergine

  Over the past weekend, while I was catching up on my feeds, my heart skipped a beat when I saw a beautiful photo of stuffed eggplants on La Tartine Gourmande. The stunning visual was enough to convince me to make them.   On my weekend grocery trip, I made sure to buy a firm […]
17 years ago

Za’atar and Feta Pizza

  A few weeks ago I discovered a new local restaurant with a wood fired oven. With the quality of ingredients on the pizza and the smoky flavour from the oven, I was sold. Since then, I’ve been having sporadic bouts of pizza craving.  When I’m low on supplies, I just stand in front of […]
17 years ago

Buckwheat Pancakes (Blinis)

You know what’s the best part of being a food blogger? You meet so many like-minded people. It’s only with them that you can whine about not finding cacao nibs where you live, or figure out why you’re having a bad photo day, or wonder why your yeast isn’t bubbling up already. A place that […]
17 years ago

Vanilla Bean 101

When I was in college, I remember an economics class where one of the basic financial instruments was called a vanilla bond. Having never seen a vanilla bean before, the only thing associated it to the basic ice cream flavour and didn’t pay much heed. Years later when I had my brush with the real […]
17 years ago

Triple Chocolate Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Toasted Hazelnuts

Whenever I need to bake something that is a little decadent, I better have a good enough reason for making it because sugar, butter and refined flour aren’t the three best words to use in this household. My mom’s been impressing upon me to cook something healthy instead of feeding my love handles with all […]
17 years ago

Cinnamon Cake with Caramel Apples

There is something about cooked apples that instantly spells comfort food for me. I especially like how tart apples like granny smith hold their own in whatever recipe they’re used. Earlier, when they were unheard of here, my grand mum would lug them for me from London along with Kiwis (I remember hiding them at […]
17 years ago