baking

This is one of my favourite Barefoot Contessa Recipes, adapted to a personal pan size for those “emergency brownie days”. Emergency brownie days in my books are usually also accompanied by vodka, if it happens to be available in the fridge. That’s how I concluded brownies were probably, most likely, created by stressed out women [...]

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After reading Alexis Stewart’s post on making this Heaven and Hell Cake from Saveur.com, I wanted to give it a whirl, too. Since then, I’ve whirled at least three times to get it right. Today, I can finally share something. The reason why it’s called Heaven and Hell Cake is because the cake layers are [...]

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March 14 2010

Happy Pi(e) Day!

If you’re blissfully unaware of the nerdiness that today inspired, I apologize for ruining this ignorance. Apparently, March 14th is a recognized “holiday” called Pi Day, and yes, people celebrate by having pie at 1:59 (am? pm? undetermined). While I can’t say I’m a big pie person, Alex loves apple pie. So when he pointed [...]

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February 17 2010

Nanaimo Bars

Can you believe that I grew up in BC, loved Bake Sales at school, but had never had a Nanaimo Bar until this past Friday? It’s true, sometimes I can be unnecessarily stubborn. I decided to make these because it looks like everyone is in Olympic spirits and making Nanaimo Bars to celebrate, so I [...]

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When Starbucks first came out with these, Alex would always pick one up whenever we stopped in. Slowly, from having lukewarm feelings towards them, I became a fan of the spicy and sweet flavour. I’ve always wanted to find a recipe that mimics just this cookie, and so entered Barefoot Contessa at Home. Since Barefoot [...]

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