Tweet The days after Christmas still show the holdiay’s lingering effects on our lives through culinary means. Hot chicken sandwiches become the standard lunch, and the stuffing the base for delightful soups and stews. In this way, we can continue to celebrate the day that … Read More →
Category Archives: baking
stollen french toast — a blessed morning wake-up.
TweetChristmas morn. The loveliest of mornings. There is usually a gentle drizzle outside, the sweet smell of pine needles slowly grows as the Christmas lights begin to warm the banches and we all slowly roll out of bed to cup our hands around warm mugs … Read More →
almond biscotti — brightening up any morning.
Tweet I adore my hometown. Evidently God does as well. Crepuscular rays (which is not an ethereally beautiful name for such a stunning sight) are also called the ‘fingers of God’ by painters, and they often touch the gentle Pacific waves passing by our coast. This nickname is … Read More →
cranberry and orange zest cookies: sweet treats to compliment sweet friends.
Tweet Having a bag of cookies in one’s freezer is a great strategy when friends come to visit. Just pop them out, defrost, and assuage any hunger that comes from travel. After my slightly-manic-cookie-baking-spree, I found myself with not only one bag of cookies, but … Read More →
maple glazed cinnamon buns — learning the origins of fabled syrup.
Tweet (Again, apologies for the posting hiatus — WordPress had seen fit to ban me from my own blog for the past couple of months.) Maple taffy has held a mystic reverence for me since I was a child. Growing up surrounded by frigid ocean … Read More →
oreba cacao tour — the essence of chocolate.
Tweet Chocolate. The word conjures up a small piece of it, melting on the middle of your tongue and sticking to your fingers. However, most people do not even know what a chocolate plant looks like, whether it is on the ground, bush or tree. … Read More →
focaccia: preparing for take-off.
Tweet I officially apologize for not blogging as much recently. I am about to embark on a lovely expedition to Central America, and that has taken up most, if not all of my brain-space, as well as my blogging-thought-process (I made a new traveling blog, … Read More →
fondant mountain cake: for thirty+twenty-four+twenty-four years of life.
Tweet Thirty+twenty-four+twenty-four years = a lot of cake. Three birthdays, all momentous, called for copious amounts of cake this past weekend. And when I say copious I mean . . . well . . . a heck of a lot (more expletives would be involved, … Read More →
old fashioned doughnuts: a piece of heaven on earth.
Tweet I remember when I was a child and played on our town’s Robin’s Doughnut’s softball team. After every game, they would take us to the local haunt and we would have doughnuts. Unfortunately, my high-cholesterol-ness often prevented me from indulging in such sweets. But … Read More →
buttermilk lemon cranberry scones: the perfect treat for a mountain.
TweetI have been behind on my posting, due to all the fresh snow, and now am back-posting of sorts. These posts may not be in chronological order, however, they are still as delicious. The dough of lemon scones is light and fluffy, the perfect accompaniment … Read More →
apple cinnamon muffins: ‘feminism’s’ baked good.
Tweet Muffins are a breakfast staple. The quick and easy packed parcels of goodness are easy to create and ‘manger’ on — besides, who would not want the warm fragrant scent of baking filling their home in the mornings? American muffins are the versions that … Read More →
peanut butter cookies: the little-cookie-childhood-staple.
TweetI realize that I have been lax in my descriptions of food lately. So, rather than telling you about my life in this post, I realize I should inform you about my taste buds and adoration of food. Peanuts were so appreciated by the Mayans … Read More →
blueberry lemon poppy seed coffee cake: blue berries for breakfast and blue skies for lunch.
Tweet I had an urge to create muffins last week. Small parcels of breakfast that could easily be carried up a mountain. Unfortunately, muffin tins are scarce in Whistler evidently, so I made do with what I could find in the cupboard. Blueberry lemon poppy … Read More →
blueberry buttermilk pancakes: supping for snowmobiling.
Tweet Buttermilk blueberry pancakes. The epitome of a comforting breakfast for cold weather. We ate blueberry buttermilk pancakes for the comfort, and meat and eggs for the protein. We used that protein and comfort on the mountain as we went up and sledded through white, … Read More →
white chocolate cranberry almond biscotti: another year, another round of joyous giving.
Tweet If you haven’t been able to tell already, I love Christmas. I love the smells associated with it (mellow nutmeg, sweet cinnamon, spicy cloves), the music (Carol of the Bells – reminds me of singing in the Christmas choral show of my youth), the … Read More →
vegetarian tofu pot pies with coconut oil pastry — the last meal before a sendoff.
TweetVancouver. Will I never stop loving your slightly damp and rainy demeanor? Your way of making light soft when meandering your streets? The people who reside in you, who are quick with a hello and slow with a harsh word. Just as there is beauty in … Read More →