Easy Nutella Puff Pastry Pockets for World Nutella Day

Happy “World Nutella Day″ ! Yup, it’s a thing! Originally created by Sara from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso, World Nutella Day is a day to celebrate, get creative with, and most importantly, eat Nutella.  In 2015, Sara transferred World Nutella® Day to Ferrero (the makers of Nutella®) to help it live on … Read more

Creamy Vegetable Soup for a Polar Vortex

It’s been a bitterly cold start to 2026 here in Toronto – with “feels like” temperatures regularly in the -20C to -30C range thanks to the wind chill. It’s too cold to spend much time outside but if you do (like, you know, walking home from the subway), you’ll be craving something warm to eat … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Whole Wheat and Flax Daily Bread from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Whole Wheat and Flax Daily Bread is a similar method and recipe to the Daily White Bread we made in October – except for a few changes. This recipe calls for whole wheat flour, wheatgerm and some flax seeds making it just a little … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Pears, Nuts and Rye, Oh My! from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes! Pears, Nuts and Rye, Oh My! is a cake that I most definitely wouldn’t classify as an “anytime” cake, given it has four ingredients I have to shop for specially for this recipe but oh my, it WAS delicious! Said “not … Read more

Tuesdays wth Dorie: World Peace Cookies 2.0 from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. There honestly couldnt have been a better cookie for this week than this one. World Peace Cookies are one of Dorie’s most famous recipes. Dorie says: I was given the recipe in 2000 by Pierre Herme, who had created the cookie for a restaurant … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cocoa-Cranberry Linzer Tart from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Cocoa-Cranberry Linzer Tart was on the baking list on the last weekend before leaving for France – the same weekend I made the Gingerbread Cake from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes so thankfully we had a crowd over one evening for a small celebration (and to … Read more