Most nights we have a frugal dinner, and the other night was no different: I braised some carrots in water and butter, and then a few minutes before they were done, I stirred in some rice along with turmeric, fennel and cumin seeds. After the rice had cooked, I opened the lid of the pot …
Author Archives: Adrienne
mmm.
Summer = farmers’ market = good.
ginger beer! non-alcoholic! oh my!
Fentiman’s – a very good ginger beer indeed!
roast it!
A summer salad of baby spinach topped with pan-fried apples, sesame and sunflower seeds, dressed lightly with rice vinegar and sunflower oil. A lovely contrast of textures.
summer afternoon snack.
An afternoon snack: beer and orange slices.
Light
So, okay. Last week we had a friend over for dinner. Being the height of summer, and in a humid old apartment with no air conditioning, it felt appropriate to serve a meal that required minimal heat generation in its preparations, from both me and the kitchen appliances. As such, I decided on: – …
We’ve been away
For the better part of the summer we’ve been traveling, driving and camping and hiking and drinking from waterfalls and freaking out about the black bear that climbed on top of our car and being blown away by how beautiful and varied our planet is. Amongst all that, food sometimes came secondary, taking on a …
See-same
I had a really, really old package of instant black sesame powder in the pantry. It is the kind that you are supposed to mix with hot water to make pudding. I didn’t really like the pudding it made, so instead I decided to use it to make black sesame cake. This is what happened: …
Star tip
A few years ago I took a baking course at a local culinary college. I had some vague aspirations that it would help my career path, but I mostly did it because I thought it would be fun. And fun it was! I think the first day we made bran muffins, and we continued along …
Cha cha cha
Breakfast, Lunch, Tea is one of my favourite cookbooks, written by Rose Carrarini. I love the quiet wholesomeness that she evokes through her food. I was lucky enough a few years ago to visit Paris and have a piece of carrot cake at her restaurant, Rose Bakery. I think we found it just as they …