My first attempt at cupcake pops – easy and tasty!

Eclairs filled with luscious vanilla pastry cream and coated with rich chocolate ganache. Easier than you would think!

This Dorie Greenspan take on broccoli will make even the most die-hard broccoli haters swoon!

David Lebovitz’s strawberry frozen yoghurt and a FRESH BERRY giveaway!

Pulled pork tacos: Inspired by a recent vacation. Made in a slow cooker. So easy you could make them on a weeknight.

Pea and avocado “hummus” on a pumpernickel crostini. A perfect spring hors d’oeuvre, maybe for your Royal Wedding Party.

Inspired by a vacation in Brittany, this galette has everything you need to start your day right!

Scallops with caramel-orange sauce: easy enough to make on a weeknight, elegant enough to serve to guests.

For the Jour du Macaron 2011, I made bright lemon meringue macs!

Home cured peameal bacon and corned beef? Easier than it sounds. Ridiculously delicious!

This savory cheese and chive bread is studded with cubes of home cured Canadian bacon. So easy, so pretty.

Home made granola with mixed nuts and coconut. You will want this every morning for breakfast.

Cacao nib florentines. Dangerously easy.

These beef short ribs from Around my French Table are tender and tasty. Best ribs ever.

Mactweets, meet Charcutepalooza. Egg macarons and home cured bacon!

A delicate pastry crust, luscious almond cream and bursts of blueberry goodness – adapted from a Dorie Greenspan recipe.

To celebrate the McIntosh apple’s 200th birthday, I made mac-candy apples!

A twist on the Aussie classic – the lamington – for World Nutella Day.

Three memorable meals in Mexico City included tongue and brain tacos!

A bite of beef on a frite with shallot jam.