Fig tarte Tatin

Tarte Tatin is a lovely, fancy-looking dessert that actually isn’t that hard to make. I mean, if you read about the history of this French dessert, it was made by accident, which makes me confident you foodie readers can pull it off. The story goes as follows: in the 1890s, two sisters, Stéphanie et Caroline […]

Blackberry chia seed pudding

Blackberry chia seed pudding has been my latest addiction. Not surprising given the amount of this wonderful fruit we’ve got growing all over the neighborhood this summer. And since I love fruit foraging, it has been wonderful to have loads so we could test new recipes at home. When picked ripe, blackberries are a powerhouse […]

No food processor pie crust dough

I started experimenting with making pie dough in my teens after I had graduated from baking quick breads and muffins. Let me tell you, it took a lot of trial and error to get it right. Back in the 90s, a lot of recipes in Canada would call for shortening when making pie crust – […]

Blackberry nectarine frangipane galette

This blackberry nectarine frangipane galette is the perfect summer dessert or afternoon tea snack. What the French call “creme frangipane” is a delightful mixture of almond powder, sugar, egg, and vanilla that is mostly found in the traditional King’s cake used to celebrate the Epiphany in January. This luscious cream also goes beautifully with berries […]

Summer Solstice Strawberry cake

This recipe is from my Spring & Summer e-book and the only one that I have actually posted on the website because I couldn’t not post it for the Summer solstice. It’s the PERFECT dessert to celebrate the first day of summer. **************** If you like a good old-fashioned buttered toast with homemade strawberry jam, […]

Swedish blueberry soup

Many years ago, on one summer solstice, I went to Sweden with some work colleagues to do a bike race around a lake in a small town called Mottala. The race was 300 km long and our departure time was during the few hours of darkness, at around 2am (in that time of year, the […]

Stone fruit polenta cobbler

Cobblers usually have a lot more fruit than cake batter – in this case, it’s 40/60 because that’s how my kids like it. Also, this particular recipe uses a genius polenta-based topping, which I hijacked from one of my favorite contemporary cookbook writers – Julia Turshen. Throw in whichever stonefruit you’ve got – I like […]

Strawberry rhubarb fool

I love a good fruit fool recipe. It’s summery, fresh, and bursting with seasonal fruit flavor – in this case with super fragrant local strawberries and rhubarb. Instead of the traditional whipped cream, I prefer using Greek yogurt, and to give it a bit of dessert feel, I crumbled some speculoos – one of my […]

Rye banana bread

Rye banana bread is a must-have in your little black book of quick bread recipes. I love that rye flour is making a comeback in recent years. And what’s interesting is that we now see it in things other than regular bread: rye chocolate chip cookies, brownies, waffles, wonderful-tasting pie crust made of rye flour, […]

Orange chocolate ricotta coffee cake

This cake is inspired by Smitten Kitchen’s wonderful cannoli pound cake, which I discovered thanks to the Dinner Sisters podcast (one of my favorite US foodie mom podcasts). When I first heard the girls talking about this one-bowl recipe on their pod, the idea of it stuck in my head for weeks, to a point […]