Gotham Spiced Apple Pi (TDN Cocktail)

Last night’s TDN was apples and pears — spirits and alcoholic beverages made with apples and pears.  As luck would have it, I had just restocked a new bottle of Calvados in the liquor cabinet, so I decided to use that as a base.

For this week, I’m not sure why or how the thought struck, but [...]

Drink your Cranberry Sauce leftovers!

So after a couple of tweets by Chef Kathy Casey about cocktails she was thinking of making on her trip to Dubai, I’ve had pomegranate molasses on the brain.  If you haven’t tried it, its a brilliant marriage of sweet and tart with a nice depth of flavour.  I use it in cooking: an essential ingredient [...]

Southwestern Sweet Potato and Black Bean Salad

A while back, I  came up with a recipe fora sweet potato salad that a friend with a number of food restrictions would be able to enjoy.  Due to health issues, he was avoiding gluten, dairy, eggs, sugar, all citrus, corn and tomatoes.

This fit the bill on all fronts, and is hearty enough to have for [...]

The Great Puff Pastry Caper: September’s Daring Bakers Challenge

The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.

This is one of those recipes that I have looked at over the years, in the cookbook, [...]

Still life in Alcohol

With a renewed interest in cocktails, I have been reading about various infusions, syrups, liqueurs and digestifs that add different flavour profiles to cocktails.  After a little bit of research, I am finding that many of them are not too difficult to make, really requiring time and good quality produce as a starting point.

It all started [...]