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Sublime Chocolate Cake by Merry
photo I have been looking for a really great chocolate cake recipe other than my all time winner, which I have been using for close to 20 years, just for a change and I found a great one on...
Recipe For Cannele de Bordeaux by Merry
I noticed that there was quite a hunt on the forum for a recipe for Cannele de Bordeaux. Apparently, there is more to these than meets the eye, and many possible verisions of the recipe....
Tahini Cookies by Merry
Ana Australia did an interesting post about Israel and Israeli food from her travel experiences in Israel last year. I agree with a lot of what she says, based on the time I spent there, although s...
French Cooking Lessons Online by The Salty Chef
I have decided to share some of my training and skills with you that I learned while attending the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School. Each week we will feature a lesson and assignment. All you have to d...
The Prettiest Mid-Sized Range In The World by tundranut
     I just love my 5-burner La CornuFe range by Purcell Murray.        The original mammoth La Cornue cookers may be viewed and even sometimes used for cooking ...
Sole With Lemon Butter Caper Sauce by Merry
Photo I have always found sole to be the most tasteless fish and no matter what I do with it, from frying in a batter through cooking in a white sauce - the result is the same - along the l...
Stir Fry Brussel Sprouts With Garlic by Merry
I am always surprised when I find out so many people have a deep dislike for vegetables like broccoli and Brussel sprouts. Both of them are delicious in my eyes (or mouth) and I can't remember eve...
Smoking can be good by Worldcook
Smoking is bad for your health, that is what everybody tells us. But that is different for smoking meat, fish, vegetables and cheese. The smoking makes it even more delicious. Since I bought my own s...
French Cooking Lessons 2 by The Salty Chef
Now that you have competed lesson 1, it is time to get cooking! This week we are going to talk about soups. By now, if you followed lesson 1, and made your basic white stock, then this next section s...
Obama Cookie by Merry
This is just a short post to share my joy. I thought I would be able to get through these elections without any posts on the subject, but apparently not. I found this on Tasting Menu and cou...
Which is The Classic Spaghetti Bolognese? by Merry
So what is your take on spaghetti Bolognese? This is one of the standard meals for my family, and always a gold medal winner.I use ground beef , crushed tomato's, onions, bay leaves, ga...
My Blog Wondering and Latke Secrets by Merry
This is how I landed up with the most amazing latke recipe, to be tried out Tomorrow. I started at a Full Belly and Found this Not about latkes, but it got me thinking about ...
Fried Eggs and Toast? by Merry
For a few years Fried eggs, sunny side up have been banned from my house due to my very young kids. Now that they are slightly older, I treat the family every now and then to a fried egg dinner, aimi...
Peanut Butter and Cabbage Sandwich? by Merry
part of what is so nice about being a foodie, or just being someone who looks at food as a creative outlet is the licence we give ourselves to experiment. I don't often invite guests over for dinn...
Vichyssoise by The Salty Chef
This simple combination of potatoes, onions, and milk makes a deliciously creamy, chilled soup. * T butter * 3 c onion, chopped * 1 t salt * 4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced * 4 c water *...
Strange Food Combinations That Work by Merry
Sometimes, As much as I love cooking, the inspiration isn't there, so I go snooping around other blogs to see what is up. I was reading a post in cook sister about traditional food combinations an...
MORE SMOKING by Worldcook
Smoke ovens come in different sizes. The biggest ones are the size of two oil drums on top of each other, and are used to smoke eel. In order to smoke food items for a family or small group of people...
What Is The Difference Between a Clafoutis and A Tart? by Merry
So now I am a little confused. I was wondering around the food blogs for breakfast, reading a wonderful recipe here and another one there, when I ran into a post on Taste Buddies about Plum Clafou...
Home Made Granola by Merry
I love granola but don't buy it very often seeing it is so expensive. This seems like a great recepie , organic to boot (although a little promotional...) For some reason I never tho...
Jamaican Carrot Soup with Pear Relish by Merry
Rumor has it that it is fall. Not that I have noticed but that is the rumor. I am all ready rearing into soup mode and can't wait to get a good chicken soup going, or maybe an Hungarian Goulash soup...
Different Methology for Chicken Cooking by Merry
One of the reasons I trawl other food blogs. is because I love seeing how other people do similar things differently from me. Chicken is wonderful in that you can reinvent it every time you cook ...
Brown Eggs and Slow Cooking Stew by Merry
How annoying - I just finished writing a long and lovely post only to delete it with great gusto ... You know how sometimes something seems like a complete novelty to you, and then it turns out yo...
Can Fantastic Vanilla Ice Cream Be Made Without an Ice Cream Maker? by Merry
Its really really hot right now, even though its about 10 pm, the air is as still as can be and the humidity is about as high as it gets. Summer is not really I time that I want to be cooking an...
Fresh Zucchini Salad - Nice for a Change by Merry
My favorite kind of recipe these days is a quickie recipe.... gone are the days, yet to return that I can spend the whole morning or afternoon making elaborate dishes that have 200 steps till they ar...
Sweets for Starters by Merry
I decided to write a food blog, with a squint to French cuisine but not only, in order to tickle my taste buds and  widen my pallet in the kitchen... Making eating a more rounded experience for ...
Tex Mex Grilled Chicken by Merry
Chicken is probably one of the most versatile meats to cook, and can be dressed with a host of sauces, spices and batters, and usually, it is really delicious. Since I make such a lot of chicken I...
Preparing pâté by Worldcook
Many home cooks shy away from preparing pâté, but that is totally unnecessary. It looks complicated and seems a lot of work, but actually it is not. Most of work is done by the food proc...
Chocoholics Beware by Merry
Being a food blogger and a lover of food - I hesitate to call my self a foodie, I spend a lot of time looking at recipes and cooking books and what have you... so, you can say that it takes a lot to ...
Flying Jacob by Worldcook
Flying around the world connects you to various kinds of delicious food; I know this from experience. The same must have happened to Ove Jacobsson, a Swede who was working in the air freight industry...
Home Made Bread by Merry
One of the things I have not yet done in a serious way is bake bread. I have been fantasising about it, giving the difference in price for commercial breads - the healthy whole grain or at least brow...
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