food, photography and my creative life
Earlier in the year, I was experimenting with Chai mixed with cocoa and was pretty pleased with the results. It seems I’m not the only person thinking about tea and chocolate together in the same cup… You know how sometimes, you’re standing in line at the grocery store check out, just minding your own business? Maybe, possibly, you’re pretending not to notice the tabloid headlines
This week’s Friday Tea and Chocolate is all about the chocolate with PB&J Cookies made with Reese Chocolate Peanut Butter Spread. This post is sponsored by Hershey’s Canada. I’ll admit it… I’ve been avoiding baking cookies lately for one reason and one reason only… I tend to eat them all after baking them. Which would be fine, I suppose, except that I can’t really afford a
Today is a true Friday tea and chocolate. We have tea and we have chocolate and I’ve put them together in a Chocolate Chai – two of my favourite things. But first… A few weeks ago I discovered there was such a thing as a “Dirty Chai”. Did you know this existed? I didn’t. And this made me feel very old and not hip because
There is a lovely little chocolate shop in Vancouver that I always forget is there, except when I’m nowhere near it. It’s called Xoxolat and lives in Yaletown on Homer Street. Every time I go in, I spend way too much money and come home with far too much chocolate. It’s probably just as well that I don’t go in very often! On my last
Adding pears to cookies is easy when you use dried fruit – like in these Pear and Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies! Happiest of new years to all of you, my readers! I hope 2015 brings you lots of great things including a little bit of inspiration to create something new every day – even if it’s just something tiny. A little flower doodled in the corner
What is better than a box of chocolates?? A box of chocolates delivered to your door! Last week I received a box of chocolate caramels from Wild Sweets that I couldn’t wait to open up. You may remember that I wrote about Wild Sweets on a previous Friday Tea and Chocolate when I reviewed the Wild Sweets Cinnamon Caramel Hazelnuts & Smoked Salt Bar, which I
As quickly as it comes, rhubarb season leaves and so, this is my second but also my last rhubarb post of the year. Last week’s rhubarb apple crisp was so highly rated in this household that I decided to work with the rhubarb apple combo again for this tart. The tart itself was inspired by a rhubarb white chocolate almond tart I saw in Edible
About a month ago I attended Grocery Showcase West with Sean – he received an invite to attend and he brought me along for kicks. Having spent years and years (and years) in retail, I knew exactly what to expect but Sean had never been to an industry show before. It made for an interesting afternoon. Basically, GSW is where big grocery brands introduce their
Wild Sweets is a “new to me” chocolatier that I stumbled on, once again, in Urban Fare. I was looking for my usual favourite salted caramel bar and when it was sold out, I thought I would give this Cinnamon Caramel Hazelnuts and Smoked Salt bar a try (that’s mouthful in its own right!). I was surprised to learn that Wild Sweets is actually a
A few months ago I reviewed one of the best chocolate bars I’ve tried in a very, very long time. The Bissinger’s Coconut Caramel Bar. It was a perfect blend of chocolate, coconut and salty, thick caramel. So, you can imagine my excitement when I was out shopping and found another Bissinger’s bar in Urban Fare – the Banana Pecan Caramel Peruvian Pink Salt bar!
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