This year for Donatello’s birthday, I made maple crème brûlée instead of any type of birthday cake. This is a variation of the one I made last year, I just substituted maple syrup for the white sugar in the custard. I didn’t have any maple sugar, but if you do, you can use 1/2 cup […]
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Marché Jean-Talon – Jean-Talon Market
Tomiko and I visited the Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal on a Friday morning, stocking up on snacks for our road trip through Quebec. It was great to see other tourists enjoying the market, as well as residents doing their own grocery shopping. The Marché Jean-Talon is more than just a farmers’ market: the sprawling market takes up a […]
Montreal Eats: Au Pied de Cochon 2015
Au Pied de Cochon, one of Canada’s 100 best restaurants, is an unmarked restaurant in the Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood of Montreal. Dining at Au Pied de Cochon on the Saturday of the Formula One long weekend has become one of our family’s traditions, and we’ve eaten with several friends and family members over the years. […]
Rich Breakfast Waffles
These waffles are rich and buttery, with a hint of cinnamon. Ever since I made this recipe for the first time, no other waffle measures up. Growing up, I don’t remember eating homemade waffles very often. Our Oma would make delicious dessert waffles that were more like cookies than a breakfast food, so I liked […]
Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival
On a cold but sunny spring day we piled into the car and drove up to Bruce’s Mills Conservation Area, one of the sites for the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival on the outskirts of Toronto. When we were tykes, our mom would stuff us into the car and take us to the springtime maple syrup […]