What to do with a big pumpkin? Make roasted pumpkin and apple soup with caraway. Sweet, creamy and delicious!

Orange Almond Cinnamon Rolls made with almond paste from Polcari’s in Boston’s North End.

Vanilla spiced apples over top French toast.

The best way to enjoy the perfume-y flavour of vanilla is to bake a simple butter cake. I’m really happy with this recipe. Try it!

Moist and chewy strawberry bars and a spring cleaning

Maybe you can’t afford a 2,000 year-old fresco, but you can feast like an ancient Roman with this olive paste.

Thai Shrimp-Scallop Curry – restaurant quality meal made easily at home

Multigrain pear ginger cakes with macadamia whipped cream

Serve classic Chinese tofu dish at your next party and your guests won’t even know it is tofu.

Beautiful chocolate cake bites decorated with gum paste flowers

Flourless, gluten-free granola muffin clusters. These light and healthy clusters boast an irresistible creamy, crunchy sweetness.

Traditional Swedish pastry, Semla. Vegan version!

spinach lasagne with wild boar sausage, olivada, fresh ricotta & mozzarella, and simple tomato sauce

Cath Kidston inspired cake decorated with large gumpaste roses and gum paste strawberries.

Mhammarah, a Middle Eastern Dip

Easy Tomato Florentine (Simple Pantry Meal)

A bulk meaty pasta sauce recipe that can be adapted to vegan. Feeds up to 25 people or can easily be frozen in batches for future meals.

Fried Crispy Threadfin Salmon with sambal.

A classic Korean soup made with soy bean paste (doenjang) and napa cabbage.

Bitter Gourd and Chicken Stew

Garlic and ginger paste that can be stored in the fridge for several months to use for curries or for baking.

Chili bean paste fish and tofu is the name of this Chinese fish dish. This dish is also my first recipe for this Chinese new year.