long weekend
May 21st, 2012 § Leave a Comment
[ waffles with strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast ]
[ a walk along city streets in bloom ]
[ shopping for herbs ]
baked lemon lavender doughnuts
May 2nd, 2012 § 1 Comment
To make these doughnuts, I adapted this recipe from Sur La Table by adding the following to the batter:
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon chopped culinary lavender
Hint: fill a zipper bag with the batter and then cut off one of the corners – this makes it much easier to fill the doughnut pans!
Then I made a simple glaze using:
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- the juice of one lemon, strained (give or take a bit – add this to the sugar gradually so that the glaze is thick and opaque)
Dip the doughnuts in the glaze and sprinkle with lemon zest and culinary lavender… Enjoy!
breakfast with eileen
February 2nd, 2012 § 2 Comments
Inspired by Eileen Gray’s impeccable aesthetic, Bodum created the Eileen french press. Since she is one of my favourite modernist designers, I had to have it!
Read her biography and see some of her work here.
croissants
June 26th, 2011 § 1 Comment
Let’s talk about croissants. The way I see it, these pastries are best enjoyed fresh from the oven – even if it means venturing out before the sun is up on a weekend morning. There’s nothing like being the first customer at the bakery. Ever since my favourite neighbourhood pastry chef retired, I’ve been buying the most unfortunate croissants from a local bakery that shall remain nameless… Needless to say, I’m on a mission to find an alternative. Unwilling to travel further afield to buy croissants in advance, frozen croissants from Ma Maison in Toronto seemed like the perfect solution. The process is simple, and you get to sleep in. All you have to do is place the frozen croissants on a baking sheet the night before and leave them in the oven to proof overnight. In the morning, the croissants are ready to be baked. Simply remove them from the oven so that it can preheat while you cover the pastries in an egg wash (and make coffee). That’s it! Delicious croissants in under 15 minutes. I can’t wait to try their frozen pains au chocolat and almond croissants.
