This easy mac & cheese dish took about 15min hands-on time and 20min oven time. Two friends – Josh and Nathan, and I threw this together as a four person meal, and were we stuffed! It was good stuff – worth the wait, creamy and crispy at the same time. After ogling at several people’s […]
This apple walnut pumpkin cake started off as a bread, but became more of a cake. Actually, I initially woke up wanting to bake banana bread. Then it became banana cream cheese bread. Then it became…. this. It has a cream cheese topping, creating a fluffy top, as opposed to a crustier one. It can […]
Question 1) What’s your favourite type of flatbread? So I came home last night and attempted to make tortillas with the 2/3 cup of cooked rice I had sitting in the rice cooker (aka not enough to make fried rice). It was something of an experiment. Having read about homemade tortillas by Alana Chernila in […]
Soft, fluffy, sweet buns were all a staple of the neighbourhood Chinese and Japanese bakeries that I frequented growing up. From square-cut honey sandwich loaves to savory buns with shredded bbq pork to sweet buns with custard fillings encased in a glazed dome shell, the doughs were all similar in their feather lightness with just a touch […]
I had been itching to try to bake challah bread (the beautifully braided, egg heavy Jewish bread), so with several hours free yesterday, I made my first attempt. In true spirit of clearing out the fridge, I found a fruit challah recipe online from Smitten Kitchen. You can find her recipe for Apple and Honey Challah here. […]
Refining our Tastes 