Articles By: Dayna

Chocolate Raspberry Torte

Not like there is any mystery that I love chocolate, but I’d realized that I hadn’t yet created a torte recipe. What better than Valentine’s week to do the dessert cart? Generally, a torte is a flourless cake, often using bread crumbs or ground nuts in it’s place, resulting in...
February 10th, 2008 | Sweet | Read More

Happy New Year

After planning for an elaborate post in celebration of the Chinese New Year, the rat in my house got me to thinking, and snacking. Even with a theme of popular Chinese food items, I found myself, along with my son, just peeling and popping lychee fruits. One after another, our hands getting stickier,...
February 7th, 2008 | Photography, Sweet | Read More

Roasted Garlic Paperadelle

1/2 Cup Unbleached All Purpose Flour 1/2 Cup Semolina Flour 1/4 teaspoon Salt 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Head Roasted Garlic*, squeezed to remove the skins 1/3 Cup HOT Water * To roast garlic, preheat the oven to 350ºF and cut off the top of the bulb to reveal the attached cloves. Placed...
February 6th, 2008 | Savory | Read More

Food+Photography Magazine

After hosting DMBLGIT and deciding to quit my humming and hawing, my thoughts have solidified. There are such fantastic blogs with photos so beautifully styled by, for lack of a better word, amateurs. Yet, passion melts through my screen with these drool worthy photos. There is a love of food, creating...
February 3rd, 2008 | Photography | Read More

Game Day

Yes, surprisingly, I’m not referring to the Superbowl. Thinking game birds and not pig skins, I invited our long time friend and foodie, Lynne over for dinner. We’ve been trying to consume as wild and locally as possible so finding a pheasant in our little grocers was nothing short of serendipitous. I’d...
February 3rd, 2008 | Photography, Savory | Read More

Super Bowl of Chili

As I sat, thinking what the ultimate food for Sunday would be, it actually took me a bit to come to the chili conclusion. Crazy, yes, I am aware of this. Coming from an advertising background, I have to honestly admit that the majority of my Superbowl viewing experience takes place during half time. Perfect...
February 2nd, 2008 | Savory | Read More

Red Grapefruit Curd Filled Donuts

Heading out with the intention to create a citrusy tart flecked with the essence of rosemary or cardamom, I started out with a super red grapefruit curd for the filling. Anyone who reads here regularly, might have noticed I’m a bit of a red grapefruit junky. I’ll slip it into dishes where...
January 31st, 2008 | Bitter, Sweet | Read More

HHDH: It’s Cheeseless Pizza

Who doesn’t like pizza? I am yet to meet a single soul who would turn down a slice…. Except when it was going to be me with the notion of no cheese. I was always of the mindset that pizza had but one basic construction – a crust (perfect blend of thin and chewy ), sauce (very important)...
January 26th, 2008 | Photography, Savory, Umami | Read More

Magic Soup

My ever problem solving daughter is always creating new suggestions for dinner and desserts; favourites like Mialita, Chuchetta and the like. Her recipes, with the addition of marshmallows, ketchup and eggs kind of remind me of that show that aired around here in the 80’s I always wanted to go...
January 25th, 2008 | Savory | Read More

Rosemary Walnut Kalamata Olive Miniature Madeleines

After a few email and requests to bake another batch, I wanted to jot down this easy recipe for a super savoury quick bread. I’d served these up with the Creamless Potato Leek Soup a little while back but I’m sure that they’d also be great as a muffin with a salad. The flavour combination...
January 20th, 2008 | Savory, Umami | Read More