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  • Panettone French Toast

    Sometimes, I procrastinate. This recipe is something that I’ve wanted to make for years. YEARS. Why have I never done it? Procrastination, my friends. Well, that, and severe lack of Panettone. Now that I live in Little, Little Italy (Lasalle), there is an abundance of this fluffy Italian treat – at all times of…

  • Grilled Peaches

    What better way to test out our new BBQ than by grilling… peaches?! No but seriously. That’s exactly what we did last weekend. An unexpectedly delicious combination, the charred brown sugar and butter coating resulted in an explosion of flavour. We got so excited about it that we started grilling other fruits too. We…

  • Cool As Custard (Strawberry Rhubarb Trifle with Pound Cake)

    Being a student in pastry school means exactly what you’d imagine: that I get to spend 8 hours a day in a kitchen, making delicious pastry. It also unfortunately means that I’m no longer home on weeknights, so weekend dinners with the boy have become an extra special affair. I decided that the best…

  • Petits Délices (vanilla pots de creme with brown sugar caramel)

    Mouth watering. Impressive. Unbelievably simple. Creamy. Refreshing. Amazing.  Need more adjectives? Try out the recipe and come up with your own! Thanks to Lisa over at Bites of Sweetness for her inspiration.  Vanilla Pots-de-Creme with Brown Sugar Caramel what you’ll need 1 cup whipping cream 1/2 cup whole or 2% milk 6 large egg…

  • Fallin’ For You (Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce)

    Pumpkin alfredo sauce, where have you been all of my life? I came up with this quick and simple dish after flipping through the latest issue of Food Network Magazine. For a couple of weeks, I’d routinely flip back to the same page, drooling over a photo of tortellini bathed in this dreamy pumpkin…

  • Warm Up (Mushroom Risotto with Thyme and Cheddar)

    It’s that time of year again, Montreal! You know, that season that isn’t quite a season? For those of you who don’t live here, let me fill you in. We’ve had the kind of days that’ve started off in cozy sweaters and boots, and have ended off in shorts and flip flops. We’ve seen…

  • Wine and Dine (Creamy Wine Sauce)

    Cream sauce, I have mastered thee. After numerous failed attempts at concocting my own alfredo, I finally hit the milky jackpot. I quickly discovered that combining mushrooms, cream and wine will result in some tasty magic on my dinner plate. Simple, smooth and satisfying, this base will be my go-to for any white sauce…

  • Easy As Cheese Pie

    So… you know that feeling when you’ve got so much going on that it feels like you’ve got no time to think of cooking, let alone baking, but all you really want to do is eat cheesecake? Or maybe, you just generally want to eat cheesecake? In either case, I’ve got the solution for…

  • Mushroom & Spinach Tart with Walnut Sauce

    This post will be short and sweet savory, so I’ll just get straight to the point:walnut sauce blows my mind. A little while back, I had mentionned how I went to a restaurant where I was introduced to this mouth-watering delight served over linguine. I came home deciding that I would make this one…