This year, I delegated most of my Christmas traditions and responsibilities in advance, knowing that when Baby 2.0 was born in November, ...

When I first opened the pages of Gesine Bullock-Prado's cookbook "Sugar Baby" I'll admit the first thought that crossed...

This recipe caught my eye on Pinterest with the simple caption: "Apparently, the best Christmas cookie ever." "Best" pi...

You know that saying: Don't judge a book by it's cover? Well, I'd like to meet the puritan who came up with that one to have ...

I get nervous whenever I am hosting more than two people at my house. It's not that I don't like to entertain. I just want it to b...

Punitions means "punishments" in English. I'm in a sour mood today, it's raining and it's grey. And I had the day off ...

My past attempts at making meringues have fallen flat. So I was amazed, and thrilled when I came home from work one Friday and whipped up a ...

Growing up, Rice Krispie squares were an exotic treat. Celebratory desserts, at our house, were more likely to be baklava, or kenefe (a swee...

It was love at first bite. Sorry I can't resist a cheesy play on words. Back to the batter at hand (tee hee). I first made canelés, i...

  I'll cut to the chase. This is hands down, the best baking cookbook for 2010. And I've been through at least a couple of dozen of ...

The recipe for these gems comes from the latest issue of Chatelaine but you can also find them here . Unlike other more traditional shortbre...

I am a micromanager at the best of times and one of the ways that manifests itself is my obsessive checking of my blog stats. I can't he...

A few days ago it was a miserably rainy day and all I could think about was whipping up a batch of warm, gooey, chewy, chocolate chip cooki...

I've been making these cookies for a long time, but it wasn't until recently that I thought maybe I should blog about them. It can...

When my craving hit, it was sudden and strong. I wanted a chocolate chip cookie. But not just any run-of-the-mill chocolate chip cookie, a...

Day two of my French pastries course at the Bonnie Gordon school started quietly enough. We were to finish decorating the macarons we made ...

You've heard me say it a kajabillion times so I won't draw this out for too long. I love macarons . But try as I might, I was unabl...

In theory, the recipe for Raspberry Chocolate Chip Ruggies sounded ideal: indulgent, versatile, and widely popular. After all, who can faul...

Palmiers are elegant, delicious and surprisingly easy to make. Named in French for their resemblance to palm fronds, they are also known as ...

Never judge a book by its cover, right? Wrong. Of course I do, and I am a voracious reader at that. So it's without any qualms whatsoev...