“Somebody help me.” I heard his low voice before I saw him, up from our vantage point on the ski lifts. It was a skier down on the slopes below us. He was barreling straight down the hill and picking up speed as he went along. Was he for real? We watched as he sailed past all the other skiers, past the bottom of the hill, past the entrance to the ski lifts, past the snow. He flew five metres deep into the parking lot before finally landing flat in...

How many times have I obsessed over Le Creuset cookware? The bright iconic orange, the tints of reds, and the blues. Staub too, often found on the adjourning shelves, looking just as lovely. How many hours have I spent just walking around department stores and browsing through their displays? So bear with me, as I posed the cheesecake in my sister’s Staub. I most assuredly didn’t bake this cheesecake in it, but the Staub's too pretty not to photograph...

There's nothing quite as delightful as pulling out a perfectly-baked tray of cookies from the oven as its rich aroma fills the kitchen, or biting down into a still-warm cookie. That said, I don't often bake cookies. Cookies are baked in batches, and I'm hampered by my stovetop oven that is half the size of regular ovens. I don't have the required patience to pull baking trays in and out every 15 minutes all day.When I had the...

I was at Costco with my sister one day when I visited Boston, and we happened to walk by the seafood section. I’m a huge fan of octopus, and despite their hefty price tag, I’m always tempting to order at restaurants. We saw that octopi were on sale and decided to get some first, and figure out how to cook the octopus second.  One quick lookup over at the Serious Eats's guide on octopus and we were ready to roll. We didn't...

I took some time off work and headed over to Boston to spend time with my sister’s  family. It’s winter now in mid-February, and we spent some time doing some winter sports like skiing and ice-skating (more on that in a later post!)Boeuf Bourguignon à la Julia ChildBecause of the cold, I’m packing on a lot more layers. The wintry air is also perfect for cooking and eating loads of stew. I started off planning to write about Julia Child’s...