Small Gingerbread Houses Made Easy
Christmas baking is a time honoured tradition, even among the culinary-wary. People who normally would not be caught...
Chocolate Clementine Bars
Holiday baking is one of the joys of the season. It's also an exercise in selectivity - in terms of caloric budget and...
Apple Sponge Cake With Custard
When I was growing up, Sunday dinner was invariably a roast of some sort. If we were very lucky, it was roast pork...
Gingerbread Leaves
Earlier this year when my friend Leanne (of the Leanne's Apple Bundt Cake with Apple Butter Bourbon Glaze) was...
Lemon Curd
My daughter Kirsten and her husband Mike had invited us over for dinner one evening, and I decided to bring a Tarte au...
Pumpkin Pie With a No-Roll Crust
What would Thanksgiving be without pumpkin pie? While it's not universally popular in our house, the Pumpkin Pie...
Leanne’s Apple Bundt Cake with Apple Butter & Bourbon Glaze
As I mentioned in my previous post on Apple Spice Cakelets, when our friends John and Leanne visited us in the Cape...
Apple Spice Cakelets
Last summer in the Cape, our friends John and Leanne came to visit, Leanne is quite an accomplished cook and baker;...
Peach Plum Cobbler
It's Labour Day weekend. After visiting Nana & Poppa and taking them a Spiced Plum Skillet...
Purple Plum Torte
This delectable cake has a venerable history. When Amanda Hesser, former editor of the New York Times food section,...
No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Pie
When it's 90 degrees in the shade and the mere thought of turning on the oven makes you shudder, it's time to break...
Pear and Cranberry Tart with Walnut Crust
The subtle nutty flavour of the delicious crust adds a certain something to this tangy and colourful tart....
Gingerbread Pear Cobbler
We are into pear season now, and what better way to enjoy them than in a cobbler? Pears are an exceptionally juicy...
Apple Cornbread Skillet Cobbler
Everyone loves apple cobbler, and it's even better when it features cornmeal. I made this recipe using...
French Apple Tart
While trolling for ideas, I immediately fell for this French Apple Tart on appearance alone. Cook's Illustrated...
Apple, Pear & Dried Cherry Pie
This recipe is adapted from one from Fine Cooking, The original is intended to be made ahead and frozen, which is what...
Spiced Plum Skillet Cake
This is an old-fashioned cake reminiscent of sticky gingerbread with pockets of jammy plums that melt in your mouth....
Peach Cardamom Galette
Is there anything more succulent than a ripe peach? Freshly chopped atop a bowl of yoghurt and granola,...
Raspberry Galette
One of my relaxing pastimes whilst in the Cape is browsing old issues of Victoria Magazine. Their luscious...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip cookies are a perennial favourite for several good reasons: The ingredients are readily available (we...
Better-Than-Crack Brownie Parfaits
Since the kids were babies, our family birthday cake of choice has been Devil's Food cake with French Vanilla Icing...
Danish Butter Cookies
This recipe is from Glenn's mother, who began selling these cookies to neighbours and friends when Glenn's Dad...
Rough Puff Pastry
Making traditional puff pastry can be a challenge. In fact, the Barefoot Contessa, aka Ina Gartner, says, “You don't...
Butter Pastry
This is an all-purpose pastry, suitable for both sweet and savoury pies. If you only want to learn one method, this is...
No Roll Pastry Crust
Don't let the simplicity of this recipe fool you—the crust is tender and delicious. It's my go-to recipe for blind...
Buttermilk Pastry
This recipe is excellent for making decorated pies with complex latticework or cutouts—it shrinks little, if at all....
Sweet Butter Pastry
Sweet Butter Pastry is kind of a cross between Shortbread and Shortcrust Pastry. The addition of sugar renders the...
Caramel Sauce
This is a very quick and easy way of making caramel sauce, Use this recipe if you're in the least bit intimidated by...
Salted Caramel
Caramel is surprisingly easy to make, and you likely have everything you need to make it: sugar, butter, corn syrup...
Shortcrust Pastry
Few recipes cause as much anxiety as those for pastry—it seems sometimes that there are as many pastry recipes as...
Date & Nut Loaf
After a long walk with the dogs, we like nothing better than to curl up with a book, a cup of tea and a fire in the...
Dinner In The Cape
We have been in our Cape house for most of November, enjoying the brisk fall breezes and extended autumn of the...
Braising and Baking the Best of Summer Fresh Ingredients
An almost imperceptible shift in weather, light and appetite begins in early August. As the farm stands overflow with...
Red-Wine-Poached Pears with Vanilla Ice Cream and Chocolate Lace
Astonishingly simple to make, poached pears form an elegant finale to any meal, humble or sophisticated. Here they are...
Pumpkins, Squashes and Other Fall Vegetables
Many years ago I came across these large and small pumpkin tureens by Fitz & Floyd. Beautifully made and elegantly...
Apple Pie Filling
It never ceases to surprise me exactly how much apples cook down - a little like spinach. Half a bushel of...
Lattice Top Apple Tart
For an elegant twist on apple pie, a tart with a lattice top fits the bill nicely. The open weave allows the steam to...
The World of Apples
Is there anything more delightful than an apple farm in the fall? Crisp and juicy, tart or sweet, raw or cooked,...
Aesthetic Movement Soup Plates & Tureen
When collecting antique tableware, it's often not possible (or desirable) to purchase an entire dinner service....
Joey’s Apple Cake
This recipe is adapted from Whitewater Cooks and is indeed a gorgeous fall cake that tastes even better the next day....
