For me, a cheesecake needs to have one, maybe two, distinct flavour components. For example, lemon or chocolate-hazelnut. Too many flavours are hard to balance, and plain is too boring to enjoy forkful after forkful. This pear and maple cheesecake was a wonderful combination. ...
As I was selecting the second deep-fried item on our menu for our Hanukkah party, I was very excited to make this east-west fusion dessert. The recipe calls for infusing cream with sliced, seeded kumquats, and pouring the hot mixture over chopped chocolate. It wasn’t clear whe...
Our annual Hanukkah party was a bit low-key this year: due to sickness, many families weren’t able to come, including our co-hosts. Nonetheless, I forged ahead with my deep-frying plan. Tim Horton’s sells a cruller, one of my favourite donuts (the others being sour-cream glaze...
Ingredient surplus is a common theme in our kitchen. I like getting a good deal, but limited space and appetite prevent me from consuming as quickly as I purchase. Case in point: while buying some unrelated product at Costco.ca, I spotted the Food & Gift Baskets section, a...