Today is a very special day – 3/14 – the best excuse of the year to make pie! So in honour of pi day, I share below my five favourite pies from last year. May your days be filled with delicious pie! – Catherine Tourtiere - Easily my favourite savoury pie, this traditional Quebecois meat [...]
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Happy Pi Day!
Posted in Canadian Food, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Cranberries, Fruit, Holidays, Nuts, Pastry, Pie, Pumpkin, tagged Chocolate, cranberries, Dessert, hazelnut, holidays, Pi Day, pistachios, Pumpkin pie, Raspberries, spiced pumpkin pie, tourtière, whipping cream, White Chocolate on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wishing you a very Happy New Year from Gourm(eh?)!
Posted in Appetizer, Aspargus, Baking, Blind baking, Canadian Food, Cheese, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Eggplant, Herbs, Indian Food, Nuts, Pasta, Pastry, Pumpkin, Soup, Spinach, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged Best of 2011 on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to imagine that 2012 has arrived! 2011 has flashed by quicker than either of us expected, and both of us have loved writing entries for gourm(eh?). Neither of us could guess how rewarding this blog would prove to be. We are so grateful for our reader’s supports and comments, and hope you will [...]
Mini apple crumble pies, granola-style
Posted in Apples, Baking, Blind baking, Canadian Food, Cinnamon, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Fruit, Nuts, Pastry, Pie, Recipe, Winter, tagged apple, crumble, granola, pecan, Pie on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Although this particular recipe is my own invention, it is based on an idea my mother came up with. And the best part is that it’s more delicious, easier, and more novel than the usual crumble (well, perhaps not after this post – but I’m ok with that). With this dessert, not only do you [...]
The most decadent hot chocolate in existence
Posted in Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Drinks, Holidays, Recipe, Winter, tagged Canada, Chocolate, decadent, hot chocolate, milk, Recipe, Winter on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I’d perk the mood up a bit with this hot chocolate recipe, with winter approaching. I, however, will be avoiding the snow altogether in my new home in Sénégal. This situation is definitely a bit ironic: I’m one of the small number of Canadians who loves winter, as long as it is a [...]
A family affair: roast leg of lamb with garden herbs
Posted in Classic, Comfort Food, French Food, Herbs, Holidays, Lamb, Recipe, Winter, tagged dinner, famliy, france, garlic, lamb, normandy, parsley, Recipe, roast, rosemary, thyme on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I find myself in transit, faced by a challenging familial loss, between Canada and West Africa. We seem to all come together around food, on our tip of Normandy. I am writing this recipe to share our time together as a family in France with my brother – who had to stay in Canada. The [...]
Porter pecan brownies
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Nuts, Recipe, tagged beer, brownie, Chocolate, delicious, pecan, porter, Recipe, rich on November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My efforts to empty my cupboards and fridge became highly fruitful when I discovered I had dark chocolate squares, pure cacao pieces from my trip to Belize, sugar, pecans, and butter all needing to be used asap. With a bottle of Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique, apparently “WBA World Beer Awards World’s best porter Baltic” [...]
Fondants au chocolat – chocolate lava-filled desserts
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, French Food, Recipe, tagged brownie, butter, Chocolate, Dessert, fondant, lava, rich on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From the moment I saw a picture of this dessert, I could simply not resist. In fact, it was so tempting that today, this was all I ate for dinner. I adapted this recipe from a fantastic book my grandparents sent me for my birthday this year. It’s called Les grosses têtes en cuisine (which literally translates to [...]
Carrot Cake with Cream-Cheese Frosting
Posted in Baking, Cake, Cinnamon, Classic, Dessert, Uncategorized, tagged carrot cake, Coconut, cream-cheese frosting, decadent, pineapple, silverpalate, walnutes on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My grandmother’s carrot cake is to die for. Moist and beautifully textured with nuts and coconut, it is unsurprising that our family often requests this cake for birthdays. I only discovered a few weeks ago that her secret is to follow Silverpalate‘s carrot cake recipe. Written by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, their recipes are classic, [...]
Italian meatballs
Posted in Classic, Comfort Food, Italian, Pasta, Recipe, tagged Italian, linguine, meatballs, parsley, Recipe, supper, tomato sauce on July 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In grade 2, I had an amazing teacher. Ms. G was Italian, and had crazy long curly black hair that terrified us at first. But soon she won us over, and took us on a cooking adventure right from the beginning. We made a cookbook. Meatballs. Hand-rolled pasta. Breads. I can’t even remember all the [...]
Lobster Supper
Posted in Classic, Lobster, Shellfish, tagged cracking, lobster dinner, treat on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Moving to the East Coast has absolutely spoiled me when it comes to seafood. Cheap and abundant fresh high-quality seafood is available from the back of a truck on the side of the road to the supermarket. One peculiarity of the Halifax Airport is a store where they sell fresh lobster (Clearwater). One can buy [...]
