Just Baking

Every year around this time, the magazine rack is packed with holiday cookie recipes and cookie contest winners. I always wonder what it takes to win one of these contests so after flipping through the pages of the November issue of Chatelaine, I decided to make one of their award winning treats to see […]

Don’t let the chocolate bars in the picture fool you, there is no chocolate in these muffins.  Don’t let that dissuade you from making them though, they’re honey bran muffins with blueberries and they complete any breakfast.  The reason for the chocolate bars is that they’re what I found while making these muffins.  I reached […]

When I was little I didn’t like bananas.  The only logical way that I can explain this is that I mustn’t have been the brightest crayon in the box.  There’s no other reason not to like bananas, they even come with their own carrying case!  Maybe my tastebuds were late bloomers.  But eventually they came […]

Focaccia is kind of like pizza’s puffier, less dressed cousin.  However, this is one of those rare occasions where nakedness conveys class instead of trash.  Instead of being slandered in the food tabloids for coming out of the oven wearing little more than some onions and herbs, focaccia is held in high esteem, like a […]

If you’ve been making as much ice cream as I have this summer then you’ll no doubt have a surplus of egg whites.  It seems that even when I try to use up them up, by making a lemon meringue pie for example, I create more of them.  Why oh why does everything tasty involve […]

I’m constantly acquiring new cookbooks.  It’s become a bit of an obsession really.  I know I’ll never be able to make even a fraction of the recipes, but I still like to look at and buy new books.  I justify this because I read cookbooks cover to cover like other people read novels.  And how […]