Peaches & Cream Pie from Ken Haedrich’s “Pie” cookbook, along with a cookbook review and step by step pastry dough making.

Gorgeous sunny yellow corn soup – a perfect Fall dish.

Whole-Grain Rice, Baby Spinach, Walnuts and Cherry Salad.

Simple, fragrant and easy-to-make: White Bean Spread with Rosemary and Toasted Almonds

Roasted rhubarb – a simple, elegant dessert for the long hot days of summer!

Curried green lentil soup, from Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day.

Marinaded in apricot jam and spices and cooked in cola, these ribs are easy and tasty!

Healthy Bran Muffins…Bet you can’t eat just one!

A classic French quiche from Dorie Greenspan’s Around my French Table.

An easy and elegant snack to accompany your apéritif: mustard bâtons.

If the 9 year old boys in my cooking club can make pumpkin ravioli, so can you!

Mushroom Tacos from Super Natural Every Day

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

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

This Dorie Greenspan mousse cake is twice baked for extra texture and flavour. Check out those layers!

End the year on a sweet note with speculoos from Dorie Greenspan.

Dorie Greenspan’s “go to” beef daube is a new winter staple in our house.

A new cook book by Ikea

The new cookbook “A Zombie Ate My Cupcake” has some gruesome recipes. What do you think, too scary for kids or totally fun?

For French Fridays with Dorie – a classic French dish, Hachis Parmentier. Perfect for the fall and winter.

Not your typical French Fridays with Dorie dish, this spicy Asian soup is perfect for the cooler fall weather.

This ratatouille is the Professional Chef version for Kitchen Bootcamp. So much tastier than my regular version!