Tasty Tangents

I’m one of those people who gets cravings. I’m definitely not pregnant, but every now and then I get a hankering for something in particular. It can be salty or sweet, chocolate or ice cream, but I generally have to do something about it before it will go away.
This time it was some kind of [...]

I think I had the prettiest dessert ever last week.
As a gift, mom and all the kids got together to take dad out for Father’s Day to an award-winning chi-chi restaurant called Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ont.
While the amuse bouche, appetizer and main course were delicious, they didn’t drive any of us wild with pleasure. [...]

Recently we celebrated my sister’s birthday and as a surprise we picked up a ‘cake of three milks’ from her favourite Mexican restaurant, La Taquizza. It is truly heaven on a plate.
Made with condensed milk, evaporated milk and whipping cream, hence the name, it is a moist wonder. It is unlike any other cake. The [...]

Over the weekend we had some friends over for drinks. (If you’re interested in following their wonderful wedding prep adventures, check out her blog, it makes me reminisce.) Near the end of a wonderful visit, we were ready to sample the fabulous looking cupcakes they had brought over from Razzle Dazzle Cupcakes and all I [...]

If you have the right ingredients around, you can make a dessert that looks really complicated and tastes delicious, but it is actually very simple. We were having some neighbours over for dinner, so we put together a tasty trifle, that is very fruity and summery. But we used all the conveniences our pantry [...]

This weekend we visited the lovely Ontario town of St. Jacobs. We hit the local outlet mall before heading to the downtown strip. After a stroll along the main street, some window shopping and a rest on a bench in the sun, we headed into a little bakery (at least it looked little from the [...]

I like to make s’mores in the microwave sometimes. Top a graham cracker with a spoonful of chocolate chips and a marshmallow and zap it for 30 seconds and voila. I know it doesn’t compare to the taste and smell of the campfire, but sometimes you just need sweet and chocolatey hit. I think the [...]