Yogurt with Blackberries, Honey & Mint
This is more of a suggestion than a recipe, as you really only need a few ingredients and they are variable. Good quality yogurt, delicious…
This is more of a suggestion than a recipe, as you really only need a few ingredients and they are variable. Good quality yogurt, delicious…
There are days, even in the summer, when I crave to bake something. It’s not because I’m craving something sweet, but it’s because I’m craving…
They are so so easy and so versatile. The original recipe in my cookbook is made with a mango sorbet, but in my FB Live…
I recently wrote an article for Costco Connection UK Magazine’s For Your Table section about dates, which was published earlier this month, just in time…
When I went to Sicily in 1993, it was the first time I really ever experienced fruit as the main ingredient- and sometimes the only…
I absolutely love sharing tips with readers. It is so enjoyable to pass on things I’ve learned from doing or things that have been passed…
Last year during Ramadan I introduced you to Patchi chocolates because I fell in love with their quality and taste. I had all but given…
Last month I traveled to Cleveland to teach a cooking class for a group of young women, some of whom I met nearly ten years…
Last year I had the great pleasure of meeting Chicago-based chocolatier, Uzma Sharif, and tasting her truly exotic and unique chocolates. She describes herself as “carrying on…
‘Eid Mubarak to all of you and your families! What are you doing to celebrate ‘Eid? What have you given as gifts to your family,…
I had the great fortune of being able to do a little baking for a local school bazaar this past weekend. Teachers were raising money…
If you live in Chicago, Los Angeles, anywhere in Mexico or near a large Mexican population you’ve probably heard of paletas. If you haven’t heard,…
Though I’m not particularly a fan of candy, I do love anything with sesames seeds or honey. Additionally, it’s a common traditonal sweet in both Italian and Middle…
I spent a wonderful hour with some delightful women at today’s Baking Demo where I discussed baking tips and halal ingredient options and substitutions while making…
Several weeks ago I took a chocolate tasting class taught by my friend, chocolatier and author, Annmarie Kostyk. I didn’t really know what to expect…
The Chocolate Lovers’ Guide and Tasting Journal is a non-fiction book combining the fundamentals of chocolate including types of chocolate, varieties of chocolate, storing chocolate,…
I’ve been testing this recipe for several years, which is easy to do with a freezer full of frozen bananas I’ve stocked away for ‘that…
Yes! Chocolate is very healthy, according to author Annmarie Kostyk who recently published a book to that same end. The information below comes from a…
Few of us have ever experienced the sublimity of being near a fountain of flowing chocolate, never mind a kitchen faucet that…