Earlier this week, I was reading the April edition of Bon Appetit magazine and saw a recipe for cardamom bread pudding. I absolutely love cardamom so this was a no-brainer – I knew I had to make it! But, I generally hate going out to buy special ingredients, so I adapted the original recipe to […]
I love corn anything – fresh corn on the cob, corn bread, grits and of course, polenta. So when I was looking for inspiration this week, I decided to go back to my favorite corn dishes and make polenta. Interestingly, I’ve found that people often confuse the dish, polenta, for the ingredient. But in fact, […]
When it comes to fish, I always buy it the day I plan to eat it so its freshest. There’s nothing worse than a bad smelling piece of fish! So when I asked Trevor to bring home 4 pieces of tilapia tonight, I didn’t realize each one would be the size of my forearm! They […]
Many years ago (before I met Trevor!), I went traveling to the south of France and had some of the best wine and champagne of my life. Cooking with wine is so natural for them since they are surrounded by it. And they make the best sauces with it, which adds the sweetest flavors to their […]
Trifle is one of those quintessential British desserts that generally makes an appearance at parties. It always looks more complicated than it is to make, but it’s not! You can just let your friends and family think it was hard to make! Haha! This trifle only needs 4 ingredients: store bought angel food cake (of […]