By Occasion
Lisa’s Letters Home: Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake
Back in the olden days, our mothers would haul us to the doctor’s every time we had a sniffle and the doctor would promptly prescribe some sort of antibiotic. When
Lisa’s Letters Home: Gingerbread House
Oh, Pinterest. Sometimes you have some amazing ideas that work really, really well. Other times, you have ideas that really, really don’t work well – like the Graham cracker gingerbread house.
Chef Amanda Makes Crepes
For Thanksgiving at my parents this year I made a traditional Beef Wellington. You may not realize that in a traditional Beef Wellington the tenderloin is wrapped in crepes before
Strata
We’re dedicating this week to holiday breakfasts. So much attention gets paid to big dinners but if you’ve got friends or family staying with you over the holidays you need
Glazed Donut Cookies
I took a page from my aunt Cathryn’s holiday survival manuscript and put aside a day to bake. It’s a tradition for her to buckle down in the kitchen a
Cardamom Crescent Cookies
For 51 weeks of the year Laura and I use SPC as a place to talk about how/what/why of healthy family food. We’re all, “Kale is awesome!” and “Have you
Lisa’s Letters Home: A Tale of Two Candies
I asked a few teacher friends of mine whether or not they enjoyed receiving homemade presents from their students at Christmas or store bought. All agreed that homemade (and the
Mini Pumpkin Pies with Flour-less Crust
I’m so excited right now. No, really. Super excited. It’s Thanksgiving week! As an American living in Canada, there is one holiday Canadians don’t do as well as American: Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin Week: Pumpkin Chocolate Cake
I told you I’d squeak pumpkin into everything, even chocolate cake. It actually wasn’t my idea. This is a Whole Foods recipe that I decided to play with a bit.
Lisa’s Letters Home: Bonfire Baking
Remember, remember the 5th of November. It’s Bonfire Night on Monday here, which has to do with Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the houses of parliament a very long
