Follow eat. live. travel. write., filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/eat-live-travel-write Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:59:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBn65nI3TGJeT6rkJyTkC_2b This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Mulled Butter Apple Pie is basically an apple pie made with all-butter pastry, filled with apples mixed with browned butter that has been cooked with some “mulling” spices (cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, ginger, peppercorns and a strip of orange zest).  A touch of sugar ... Read more]]> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBn65nI3TGJeT6rkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl8XFbSZmH6bMlTP0vptTFR This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Savory Bread Pudding wasn’t top of my “to make” list from this book (not a fan of sweet bread pudding) but hey, when you are working yoru way through the book, you do what you need to, right? In fact, ... Read more]]> Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl8XFbSZmH6bMlTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkGm0iVL85PvUQqW5gBv7mX This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Pecan Cranberry Loaf was one I definitely “played around” with 😉 Dorie calls this a sturdy loaf that travels and keeps well as well as being a candidate for toasting and serving with butter and jam. I was making this for gluten-free friends so ... Read more]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkGm0iVL85PvUQqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnC3VuUEa0o-UGT5aWO9DEx Hello and Happy French Friday! Excited to be bringing you a delightful escapist read set in France this week by Gillian Harvey, who I wrote about earlier this year for one of my #summerreads picks, One French Summer. Harvey is an author and freelance writer living in France whose books are reliable good reads, fun, ... Read more]]> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnC3VuUEa0o-UGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl_lShwMHD8Lu9WSSr4-0sP This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie and, well, I’m always happy to roast a chicken in this house BUT very rarely use any other recipe than Mr Neil’s Roast Chicken from In the French kitchen with kids or my Quick Roast Chicken from French Food for ... Read more]]> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl_lShwMHD8Lu9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl7UCLQSsAIXu-bbeigX9oC Hello and Happy French Friday! Today I have a beauty of a book to share that will appeal to both adults and children. And, not that I’m at all thinking about the holidays (though, ahem, hello some folks who put up their holiday decorationa alreadybut it WOULD make an excellent gift for the Francophiles in ... Read more]]> Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl7UCLQSsAIXu-bbeigX9oC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmOOYf2d2eQarmyhX6zo8SW This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie and it’s one I wasn’t sure about making since I am not really a “tea person”. I don’t like tea-flavoured things and I am not a fan of chai (note: Did you know that “chai” means “tea” in Hindi? Here’s ... Read more]]> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmOOYf2d2eQarmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBm0V6oWkdt92clTP0vptTFR This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. The Everything Cake is the sort of cake you need in your back pocket – much like a pound cake or a French yoghurt cake (I have recipes in both In the French kitchen with kids and French Food for Everyone: le goûter), it ... Read more]]> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBm0V6oWkdt92clTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmDb7IFAfGotLG7Iy_4u0x9 This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorieand I haven’t done a good job with it this week because: 1. I couldn’t find flounder or sole, just tilapia and 2. I didn’t make the “relish” because Neil doesn’t like walnuts and I don’t like anchovies. So, sorry! It ... Read more]]> Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmDb7IFAfGotLG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmwAPfPqCUFFGW0GqTRQSgk This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Devil’s Thumbprints are fudgey and delicious and packed with chocolatey flavour! Dorie says: I’m often asked if I ever make a mistake in a recipe and end up with something good. These cookies were that kind of a lucky accident. I must not have ... Read more]]> Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmwAPfPqCUFFGW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk9CFCLqhx0jt6jHbRcHw3s Happy Thanksgiving Monday to those readers in Canada who celebrate! It’s a blustery old day here in Toronto today and I can’t think of a better post to be sharing than a book review of a book you’ll want to cook from all through the cooler months! From Canada’s most trusted cookbook brand comes Best ... Read more]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk9CFCLqhx0jt6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnh-V512_IPXUZPHFZJLI3I This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Szarlotka is a kind of Polish apple pie. This website gives a nice explanation: It’s based on a buttery shortcrust, filled with spiced shredded apple, optional custard or meringue and topped with crumble or an additional layer of pastry. Baked until golden, it’s served ... Read more]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnh-V512_IPXUZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlUz7jB5zlZ2abel3Iu4GjH (for those of you wondering about my absence from this site in the spring and my surgery in May, I’ve written it up here. I know my “Dorista” friends were surprised when I missed a few deadlines…)   This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Brown Sugar ... Read more]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlUz7jB5zlZ2abel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl9PacpPYrxWFe5jCclomp- This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Banana Breakfast Squares was a recipe I nominated to make this month because I think a good breakfast square is always welcome at the start of a new school year. These were SO good that: I didn’t get any photos except for the one ... Read more]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl9PacpPYrxWFe5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnxHaVlaWnTZzHgrmwRGUK6 This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Giverny Tomatoes are slow-roasted tomatoes that were inspired by a trip to Monet’s home, Giverny. Dorie says in this NYT Magazine article: The dish is simply a tomato, peeled and roasted at a very low temperature for a few hours ... Read more]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnxHaVlaWnTZzHgrmwRGUK6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlMLfRvdvBnrO4DA87rvhPr This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This is the final instalment of this year’s #summerreads as here in the Northern Hemisphere we head back to school this week. Sometimes I don’t even publish any picks in September but this week ... Read more]]> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlMLfRvdvBnrO4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmjgW9yqm2iDAC0qH-r7xlT This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. A book that takes you from New York City to Niagara Falls by bicycle? Sounds like an excellent armchair summer read, right? Take that journey, add in some romance, some spice, some serious political ... Read more]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmjgW9yqm2iDAC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkdSnWlEg0yovnNuMIJyU22 This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Honey-Mustard Salmon Rillettes wasn’t a dish I was going to eat myself but a small portion of this was perfect for a light summer appetiser for others! Rillettes are a common apéritif item in France – typically using meat (pork) ... Read more]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkdSnWlEg0yovnNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnUZ4o9wY2yzyVCAQLB0bf5 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Strawberry Cheesecake- Chocolate No-Bake Pie sounds like a (delicious) mouthful but alas, the pie version of this was not meant to be for me this week. I mistakenly thought DIGESTIVE biscuits would be a good substitute for the graham crackers in the crust (I am ... Read more]]> Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnUZ4o9wY2yzyVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlxKd2RQ0d-YRtLdxSOwF-n This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. My favourite kind of #summerreads book this week – stories AND recipes! What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings is a collection of personal essays each examining some form or other of ... Read more]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlxKd2RQ0d-YRtLdxSOwF-n