How is this for decadent? Cinnamon buns with both a cream cheese glaze and caramel sauce. I tried a different recipe which can be found on Love from the Oven website. As much as I love caramel sauce, I must confess that the caramel sauce is a little overkill. I much prefer a thicker generous…

Moe and I have been together for almost 50 years. Tourtiere is a French Canadian Christmas Eve tradition that he grew up with. Served after Midnight Mass. I have carried on the tradition (minus the Mass). This year’s pie served with both gravy as well as a homemade Chile Sauce condiment that Moe loves with…

Decided to make a pasta sauce using the leftover braised beef from a recent dinner. A bastardized version of a Bolognese sauce. And homemade pasta – hand-rolled & hand-cut Pappardelle. HOMEMADE PASTA I watched a friends Italian Momma make her pasta one day. (She did it all by hand) I make it following her directions…

A few of December’s bakes. Petite Boules – using my regular dough. December 7th, 2022 Baguettes December 10th, 2022 Bagels December 14th, 2022 Baguettes and a small Boule December 17th, 2022 Baby Bunny

Tonight’s dinner. Braised prime rib bones, fall apart tender, served over polenta with rutabaga and Brussels sprouts. I specifically made this rich beef dish to go with a wonderful Bush Vine Syrah from the Maverick Estate Winery, one of the premier wineries in our Okanagan Valley. I had been led to believe that this wine…

Started two 500g batches Tuesday morning. Both with 500g of flour, 1 to 2 g yeast, 15g of salt and 315g of water (63% hydration). I use the “Autolyze, Stretch and Fold” method. Mix the dough together by hand and let it rest (autolyze). Then do a series of stretch and folds over the next…

From November Chicken Perigord (a Lucy Waverman recipe). I have been making this dish for over 30 years. Moe said that this recipe is special and it is his favourite chicken recipe. It isn’t that difficult and it is a wonderful dinner party dish because everything can be made early . Even the sauce. The…

I hadn’t made cabbage rolls in awhile so decided recently to bake a batch. We had them for dinner one night and Moe had them again for breakfast the next morning. Recipes From Thibeault’s Table Cabbage Rolls 1 large Savoy cabbagelarge pot of boiling water 1 tablespoon olive oil2 onions, peeled and slicedextra garlic cloves…

I started two batches of dough in Friday night, both the same. 500g of flour, 1.5g of yeast, 15g of salt and 315g of water (63%). Using the autolyze, stretch and fold method over a 2 hour period. Left both containers covered, out on the counter overnight (8:00 PM until 4:00 AM). Did a preshape…

My new ‘toy’!!!!! From the Netherton Foundry in England. I ordered directly from the Foundry on November 6th and was advised it would be handmade and shipped in 7 days. It was picked up by DHL International shipper on the 14th, and left England on the 15th. Arrived in BC on the 16th and delivered…