February 13 I have spoken at length about why and how much I suck at baking cookies and the tips I follow to suck a little bit less. Anyway, I think with this batch of cookies (the first one since my last) I can stop pretending that I don’t like making cookies. I don’t think I […]
October 29 I have had many cookie disasters in my day. There are a number of things that normally trip me up. 1- Cookie recipes normally call for creaming the butter and sugar. I only got an electric mixer a couple of years ago, so before that, this was a major problem for me. I […]
August 20 So, at first I was planning on making roasted banana ice cream. I thought that it sounded delicious and simple and clearly (if you look at my other dessert recipes), I am a fan of bananas in dessert. Of course my next thought was ‘wouldn’t roasted banana ice cream be even better with […]
July 29 I’m feeling pretty nostalgic about my time in London lately. It hasn’t been the easiest transition to Calgary so I often find myself thinking about the places and people that I miss. I always think back fondly to my time in the U.K. I didn’t eat out much when I was there but […]