Happy Pie Day!

23 eggs1.6 kg of butter7 lemons400 g of chocolate800 g of Saskatoons600 g Nutella1.2 kg flour500 g sugar14 pies for Pi Day
(for those of you questioning my sanity, you're not alone...)


Pi Day is finally here! Yes, it is officially a day observed by math geeks around the world (I use the term "geek" with nothing but affection - I consider myself to be a food geek), but I don't see any reason

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Scones

Gluten-free scones for tea time, brunch or breakfast.

A story to eat scones by. A scone worthy story, in other words. One more glimpse into life on the side with our unreliable narrator.

Chapter 2.

It was ridiculous how nervous she was. It was only a class. A painting workshop. It wasn't as if she was entering a world unknown. She knew this world. Art school was only, what, fifteen years ago? Wrong tactic. Fifteen years is a lifetime ago. She shook it off, pushed the door open with her left hip and met the familiar aromatics of turpentine and linseed oil, the clatter of wooden easels and scrape of chipped metal stools as painters staked out their territory.

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Canelés au Chocolat de François Payard

I'm new to the food-blogging scene, having just started in January of this year. I would often sit for hours on my computer and read the incredible food blogs of folks like David Lebovitz, Clotilde at Chocolate & Zucchini, or Fanny over at Foodbeam. Sure I would daydream about having a blog of my own, but I've never considered myself much of a writer, and could tell that there was a lot of time

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Gluten-Free Turkey Soup Recipe

An easy, homemade turkey soup simmered in a Crock Pot.

A Cure to Slurp

A certain soup slurping and prickly individual (we won't name names, to protect the innocent) has been feeling under the weather for so long now the sensation is in danger of becoming a habit. Yes, the tree pollen onslaught continues. Blessed by a wet winter, Southern California trees are celebrating with copious amounts of pollen, and who can blame them?

Hence, your intrepid gluten-free goddess has been up to no good, stumbling and mumbling around her freshly painted apartment in a Snuffleupagus stupor, thick-nosed and unable to string two coherent sentences together, never mind invent a new recipe for her lovely and devoted readers (that would be, You). Ears and sinuses filled with unspeakable things do not a creative, exhuberant cook make.

This is when a Slow Cooker can save your life.

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Pie Day! (whoops - that should be Pi Day)

Alright folks - this Sunday will be Pi Day (3.14), sure it's more an occasion for math geeks, but hey, the only thing keeping us foodies from jumping on board that bandwagon is one lousy "e". So, the question is... whatcha making for Pie Day?

For me, I'm thinking along these lines..... Shall we all meet back here on Sunday to show off what we made? It's a date!

Happy baking :-)

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There's veggies in them - they've got to be good for you!

Growing up in Canada during the 70's, Carrot Cake is one of those things that we were treated to every now and again. Even today, it seems to be one of those things that often pops up at family events and birthdays and office parties everywhere. The problem is, they're not usually very memorable. Still, most people like it, which is why I included it the "wedding cake buffet" I made for my

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what to do with 150 “leftover” macaron shells

So I completed my MacAttack challenge using the recipe I have had the most success with, but as Jamie pointed out in her lovely comments to me, yes, I had a tonne of leftover macaron shells. I’m not sure just how big they make their macarons – maybe the size of a hamburger – because the recipe says it makes *20* sandwich cookies – I got 90. That’s right, 180 shells in total. Well, seeing as I

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