Three Kings Cake
My sister’s family is spending the holidays in Mexico with her Mexican husband’s family. Whenever they spend Christmas in Mexico they come back with the story of the party of the Rosca de Reyes. It’s their tradition to throw a party on January 6th, also known as Three Kings Day, Twelfth Night or the Epiphany. [...]
Seventh Week of Gifts for Foodie-file Readers
Can you believe I’m already on my seventh week? It’s Christmas Eve and I’m down to my last two books! This week’s winner is
More Christmas Traditions, Fried Sweet Ravioli
Here’s another traditional holiday treat I thought I would try my hand at this year. This pastry is made in different parts of southern Italy with many variations. These ones have the filling made with chickpeas but they are also traditionally made with chestnuts. The filling is usually flavoured with Vin Cotto, a thick syrupy [...]
Baking Christmas Cookies
I did a little Christmas baking this past weekend and I though I would share some of my holiday treats with you. Well, not literally, but pictures of them at least! Here are a few of my delicious morsels.
These are my grandmother’s recipe.
Sixth Week of Holiday Gifts - Unclaimed!
I’m supposed to be giving away Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favourites today, but so far I have not heard back from my chosen recipient. If you are reading this and are subscribed to the Foodie-file check you email, this cookbook might belong to you!
Also I’ve had a few comments about subscribing. Just a reminder,
Using Egg Substitutes For Meringues
This week’s reader’s question is:
Can you use a product like “just egg whites” to make meringues instead of cracking and separating eggs?
Fifth Week of Holiday Gifts for Foodie-file Readers
Sorry folks, I deleted this post by accident. In a nut shell I awarded a cookbook to one of my loyal subscribers and let you know that I still have more cookbooks to give away.
Read some of my other posts, they are better than this one was anyway!
Great Northern Squirrel, A Hogtown Favourite
More Free Stuff, [...]
Great Northern Squirrel, a Hogtown Favourite!
The Toronto Reference Library is currently showing an exhibit called Local Flavour: Eating in Toronto, 1830-1955, which runs until from January 1 in the TD Gallery. I was downtown last week and popped in to check it out.
The exhibition features 125 years of cookbooks, advertisements and photographs that look at Toronto’s history through [...]
How to Double a Cake Recipe
Here is a follow up question to my baking powder post from Bonnie Brooks:
“I have a question regarding baking powder in recipes that can be doubled, such as my chocolate cake recipe. When doubling a recipe, do you double the baking powder and baking soda (if called for)? I always double everything, but not sure [...]
Fourth Week of Holiday Gifts for Foodie-file Readers
The fourth holiday cookboook goes to Sumiko Oda-Gillard of Toronto, Ontario. Congratulation Sumiko! Hope you enjoy Marth Stewart’s Cooking School.
There are still four more chances to take home a cookbook. Next up is Barefoot Contessa’s Back to Basics. So don’t forget to sign up to have the foodie-file delivered directly to your e-mail inbox to [...]
