Can pillows be crunchy? If so, these deceptively brittle, melt-in-your-mouth treats are the most breakable sleeping accessory I've ever baked. They look like pillows—or clouds or hills or pudding—but they're crunchy and soft and creamy all at the same time. It's the miracle of … [Read more...] about Pillows of Sugar and Vanilla Meringues
Best Food Blog Post for Taste Canada Competition: Dates, Thailand or Gaspésie Sauvage
I need some help. I'm entering the Taste Canada Best Blog Post competition and have to choose a 750-1250-word post from the last year. It should be a recipe, a restaurant review or about a food experience. It will be judged on writing, photos, originality, organization/focus, … [Read more...] about Best Food Blog Post for Taste Canada Competition: Dates, Thailand or Gaspésie Sauvage
Morning Gloryville Montreal #2: Free Coffee, Kombucha, Massages and a Dance Party this Wednesday Morning
Vegan chef Stephanie Audet wants you to skip the gym this Wednesday morning. (Gym? Morning? Huh? you say). Or skip that extra hour of sleep, because she and Justin Finity, co-organizers of Morning Gloryville Montreal think that either way you're better off starting your day with … [Read more...] about Morning Gloryville Montreal #2: Free Coffee, Kombucha, Massages and a Dance Party this Wednesday Morning
Shrimp with Bananas, Almonds and Agua Diabla: Recreating ABC Cocina Restaurant at Home
ABC Cocina restaurant in NYC blew me away, from the Tequila in my lime- and basil-rimmed margarita to my patatas bravas infused with vinegar and salt and topped with an addictive sweet chili sauce to the tamarind-glazed fish. But everyone at our table agreed on the best dish: the … [Read more...] about Shrimp with Bananas, Almonds and Agua Diabla: Recreating ABC Cocina Restaurant at Home
Healthy Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers with Avocado Dip
There's a slow burn that comes from cooked jalapeno. You bite into a baked or fried whole pepper and there's a mild sweetness of the roasted flesh. Then bitterness hits from the skin and membrane as you chew. And finally, there's the heat. That's what you wait for. It's what … [Read more...] about Healthy Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers with Avocado Dip
Flan Soup and Averting Dessert Disaster
There's no such dessert called flan soup in any recipe book I know. But some of the best foods in the world are mistakes. Popsicles, deep-fried ravioli, potato chips. To that list, I now add flan soup. Tastes just like flan, but you bake it forever and it never solidifies into … [Read more...] about Flan Soup and Averting Dessert Disaster
Festival en Lumière – The Montreal Highlights Festival: Switzerland and Washington, DC
I have an article on the Gazette website this week about this year's happiest foodie time of the year—Festival en Lumière, aka the Montreal Highlights Festival. This year the guest country is Switzerland, which means a host of Michelin-starred chefs are descending on Montreal … [Read more...] about Festival en Lumière – The Montreal Highlights Festival: Switzerland and Washington, DC
Valentines Day Restaurant Recommendations
For some of these restaurant recommendations, it's too late to get a reservation, but for others, who knows? So if you're the going out on V-Day type, here are some places worth the splurge and others that don't take advantage of your romantic side by jacking up prices. BUT! To … [Read more...] about Valentines Day Restaurant Recommendations
Loaded Nachos, Salsa, Guacamole: Enough chili pepper to kill a winter
There's a feeling that comes about this time of year that I call panic. It builds with every snow fall, with every frozen eyelash. It couples with the swearing I hear from my own mouth as I walk to the metro. And it multiplies like a parasite until something happens to calm your … [Read more...] about Loaded Nachos, Salsa, Guacamole: Enough chili pepper to kill a winter
I’m Back! With Chipotle Beef Tacos and Salsa Verde
Didn't notice I'd gone? Well, good. My site has been on the fritz for the past few weeks, but hopefully now it's all back to normal. That's basically how I feel about winter. It's a little freak-out period when temperatures plummet along with moods, but then everything goes back … [Read more...] about I’m Back! With Chipotle Beef Tacos and Salsa Verde