This cake makes me feel as though it is still somehow summer. I stood at the window with the light streaming into my kitchen and the smell of rich blueberries and cinnamon tempting my senses. And it’s delicious. Trust me.
Thai-Inspired Dumplings
I am always on the look-out for finger foods for parties and dinners. I love the idea of a meal that consists solely of appetizers. These would be great with a Thai themed meal, with spring rolls and tiny bowls of noodles and maybe some fish cakes.
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Recipe: Roasted Garlic, Goat Cheese, Chutney & Caramelized Onions
The pairing of salty warmed goat cheese, savory roasted garlic, slightly sweet and slightly tangy cranberry chutney and sweet caramelized onions together just makes every bite stand up and stand out.
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Recipe: Cod-Potato Fritters
These crispy little beauties are easy to prepare and really delicious to munch on. So much better than just potato chips, more interesting than deep-fried fish and far superior to onion rings they make great appetizers, finger foods, side dishes… you name it!
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Recipe: Maple Ice Cream with Berries
This ice cream is very rich, but is nicely balanced by the whole blueberries and chunks of strawberries running through it.
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Recipe: Vegetarian Cold Noodle Salad
While this might be called “vegetarian” it certainly doesn’t have to be. It would also be great with warm or cold cooked chicken… or! MMmmmmm… with medium-rare, thinly sliced beef strips. Yum.
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Recipe: 1950’s “Zebra” Cake
Simple but really delicious in that way that eating Nutella straight out of the jar is. Yum.
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Recipe: Pâte Sucrée
This is a great recipe for sweet pies or tarts. It makes enough for one 8″ double crust pie, two 8″ pies single crust pies, 6 4-5″ tarts or 12 2-3″ tartlets.
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Recipe: Lion Cake (Chocolate Birthday Cake)
I made this cake for Leith for his 2nd birthday and he loved it. It was quite simple to make and very impressive…to a 2 year-old who has a passion for lions.
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Sweet Potato Chips with Wasabi Sour Cream
These chips are so simple to make and so delicious as a snack or pre-dinner bite. They would be good with just about any kind of dip; caramelized onion, articoke and cheese, yogurt and curry…I could go on…