An old coworker is following the trendy diet du jour, Paleo. I’m not sure the Neanderthals had access to vanilla or almond butter, not to mention cake pans and preheated ovens, but my own primitive ears perked up at the sound of “brownies”, despite the incongruous inclusion of “zucchini” along with it. Should my gardening […]
Category Archives: Food/Cooking
Pides
Out for lunch with friends yesterday on the Danforth – one of multicultural Toronto’s most multicultural main drags. We passed or stopped in at French pastry shops, Greek bakeries, Korean BBQs, and Ethiopian restaurants before our stomachs finally growled at us to pick a spot and eat. Luckily, two of my friends recently travelled to […]
Whole Grain Pancakes
Made these the other day (in batches with different flavourings – my friend loved banana & walnut!) and they were amazing. Well worth substituting for your usual white-flour pancakes. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/homemade-whole-grain-pancake-mix-recipe
Navettes
Every region in France seems to have its own cookie. Paris’, as any Proust reader knows, is the Madeleine. Provence, though, has these fantastic, slightly hard, orangeflower aroma-ed “navettes”, named after the wooden shuttle weavers threw across a loom. Though I haven’t yet had a chance to test it, I was happy to find this […]
Whole Grain Pancakes
Holy crumbs, were these good. I swear the team at King Arthur Flour is entirely staffed by flour elves and butter nymphs. Everything from their cookbooks I’ve tried has been amazing. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/homemade-whole-grain-pancake-mix-recipe
Recipe: Chocolate Nutella Ice Cream
A super-simple, probably very yummy ice cream recipe. Sadly, I’ll have to shelve this one for a week in which I haven’t overdosed on cookies and chocolate, and I just don’t see one of those upcoming anytime soon. http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/02/super_simple_nutella_ice_cream.php
Recipe: Johnny Appleseed Bars
It’s a good thing I’m too worn out from my weekend to attempt these bars. I have a feeling the pan would be empty by midnight. http://www.joanne-eatswellwithothers.com/2011/09/recipe-maida-heatters-johnny-appleseed.html
Zoku | Welcome
http://www.zokuhome.com/ Fact: This appears right next to breathing, sleep, and sex on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Bulgur Salad with Chickpeas, Roasted Peppers, and Spiced Cumin Dressing Recipe at Epicurious.com
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Bulgur-Salad-with-Chickpeas-Roasted-Peppers-and-Spiced-Cumin-Dressing-109729 Inspired by Roger Ebert’s Twitter recipes, I recently bought a rice cooker, and have been having a grand couple of weeks testing out what kind of one-pot meals it can make. I threw this together just before stepping into the shower, and it was ready just after I stepped out. As if that wasn’t […]
PROUD ITALIAN COOK: T I M P A N O !
http://prouditaliancook.blogspot.com/2007/12/timpano.html I watched the movie Big Night because it got great reviews. Personally, I found it a little dull, but OH MY GOD the food? The food was the absolute highlight for me. I can’t remember a word of dialogue, but I have vivid memories of the Timpano they prepared. 10+ years later, someone finally […]