FOUND AT CHEF IN YOU

My taste buds go into a hyper drive the minute the clouds get overcast and get their dark overcoat on! I start craving for something cheesy, something with chili and if possible, something fried! For last few days, that’s how the weather’s been in…

Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything big and important in your life, both fun and stressful, comes to a head all at once? And you feel like your head might explode from the chaos? For me, that was last week.Luckily, most of it was fun:…

Sometimes the simplest of dishes make an outstanding centerpiece in your dinner table. It need not be elaborate or gourmet, but simply few dishes put together and showcased in an elegant manner – just like this pot pie. Its such a no fuss dish. Easy…

I recently received some samples of Starbucks new instant coffee VIA to try. Now, I may not be the worlds biggest coffee drinker I do like the flavour of coffee and I enjoy cooking with it so I was pleased to receive the samples. I wanted to try a sa…

Have you ever been a situation when you wanted to throw out all things complicated – be it from serious life to career issues to as simple as clearing out a crumpled up wardrobe to your bookshelf? Ah! I know how it feels. Sometimes I feel that we al…

A while ago when I made the green tomato and jalapeno jam I had been planning on using it in a baked chicken dish but other things came up and I forgot about all it. I was rummaging through my fridge the other day when I came across a jar of the jam a…

When school started this year, I decided to try my hand at menu planning. It felt important for me to keep cooking and baking on the priority list, and planning ahead was the only way to make that happen with my schedule. On October 1st, I sat down wi…

As you’ve probably heard by now, Condé Nast announced last week that it was shutting down Gourmet magazine, along with several of its other publications. Like many other food lovers, the news hit me hard. But I’m not in mourning for a dear old friend;…

As I mentioned recently, we’ve had quite the zucchini bounty this year. When we got back from some time out of town and I went to check the garden, I found a real-life zucchini version of James and the Giant Peach. Seriously, a kid and some bugs could …

The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.I can’t believe it…