A few weeks ago, I had an excuse to bake a celebratory cake. While searching for a suitable recipe, a small side note from the “About Angel Food Cakes” section in Joy of Cooking caught my eye: it suggested that to jazz up an angel food cake, to stuff it with lemon curd. The complementary [...]
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Angel Cake with Lemon Curd and Mascarpone Frosting
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Lemon, Uncategorized, tagged angel food, Cake, cream, frosting, Lemon, lemon curd, mascarpone, mother's day, whipping cream on May 6, 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 [...]
Harvest corn soup
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I recently moved to Montréal for two months while I am being trained for an internship that will take me to Sénégal until April. The day I arrived, I discovered my father had come down for a surprise visit, bringing with him several bags full of fresh veggies and fruit from the market as a [...]
Kale Chips
Posted in Kale, Snacks, Uncategorized, Vegetables, tagged delicious, kale chips, nova scotia on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Sam has decided to bike from Halifax to Cape Breton and around the Cabot Trail (a 700km bike), camping along the way. No doubt this ride will be spectacular with the changing crimson leaves and the ocean panoramas, but I still am debating whether she is crazy or knows something about life that I [...]
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, [...]
