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 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:38:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlcbcSBndt9glLv-B9hV9S2 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Chocolate-Pecan Cookies (p 200). It’s a fairly simple cookie made with Dorie’s Do-Almost-Anything Chocolate Cookie Dough (with chopped nuts mixed in) and topped with a mixture of chopped nuts and meringue. Dorie says: The simple trick of mixing nuts with sugar and egg whites to create ... Read more]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlcbcSBndt9glLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkE4gA0FpPx8BhSCv31NykC This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. For Summer Reads this week, I’ve got another story that’s close to my heart! Catherine Berry of But you are in France, Madame, and I have a lot in common. We’re both from Adelaide ... Read more]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2022 16:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkE4gA0FpPx8BhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmqd6O3KNmXah-xWH3zZqEA This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Father’s Day Blueberry-Cherry Pie from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie – a double-crusted pie filled with cherries AND blueberries – a glorious combination! Dorie says: The first time I made this pie was in 2020. On that Father’s Day, Michael and I were in our house in Connecticut, and ... Read more]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmqd6O3KNmXah-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkzqLDaMh4VP-9WSSr4-0sP This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. For Summer Reads this week, I’ve got a story that’s close to my heart. Moving to Paris is something so many people dream about. Moving to Paris and falling in love is the ultimate ... Read more]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkzqLDaMh4VP-9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlpTT72CPbtF_9M7fKGWt0o This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.  Mostly Rhubarb Pie (p 288) is a sweet tart dough crust filled with custard and (mostly) rhubarb and strawberries. I was still trying to clean out my large chest freezer so I used a pre-made crust – a little more ... Read more]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlpTT72CPbtF_9M7fKGWt0o https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlbZEVzOFLHlXtuT6pSmY81 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Zan’s Birthday Cookies (p 297). Dorie says: I created them for the thirteenth birthday party for a friend’s daughter, Zan. It was only after I tasted them that I realized I’d channeled the spirit of a German chocolate cake. The base of the cookie is ... Read more]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlbZEVzOFLHlXtuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl65IsqM0j1eSuZukmJ4mr4 This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book (and other reading) recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. (source) The case for newsletters Something a little different for Summer Reads today! Not everyone can commit time to reading in the summer. People with children at home from school, people ... Read more]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl65IsqM0j1eSuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk-EIgyslfuMQC0qH-r7xlT Hello and Happy French Friday! Today I’m bringing you a riff on a favourite pastry, inspired by Dorie Greenspan’s latest project – Playing Around! Yes, that’s right – as well as being a bestselling cookbook author, Dorie’s recently launched a newsletter and just the other week launched an invitation to bake together with a community ... Read more]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk-EIgyslfuMQC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlcHOu_kZ1jtyoxzwoq1nFt This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is One Big Break-Apart Chipper from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie – basically a giant chocolate chip cookie that you break up and serve so people can nibble as much or little as they like! This cookie dough is a keeper – whether you bake it as individual cookies ... Read more]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlcHOu_kZ1jtyoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmLEQkU2sCT4SuZukmJ4mr4 This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. For this week’s Summer Reads pick, I’ve got a “twisty thriller” by Catherine Cooper – the author of The Chalet which was part of Summer Reads last year. From the publisher: They thought it ... Read more]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmLEQkU2sCT4SuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmhq_0UoXHUWIeLGixeGJZp This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.  Portuguese-Style Cod and Beans en Papillote is a lovely recipe that’s easy to prepare that feels fancy, even on a weeknight! You can prepare it a few hours in advance or just before you cook it – either way, it’s ... Read more]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmhq_0UoXHUWIeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnc5RR3Ur0bJuGrEXdXG_66 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was French Vanilla Sablés (p 332). Dorie says: I’ve always thought of the sablé as the perfect butter cookie, the one all shortbread strives to equal, and in this recipe I think you have the model cookie — it’s rich, as it should be; sandy, as ... Read more]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnc5RR3Ur0bJuGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBls8YHlpuNdcS3FFO_xyF25 This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. Welcome to Summer Reads 2022! Typically the books I review on this site are cookbooks but in the summer I like to share some books that are perfect to read on the beach, the ... Read more]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBls8YHlpuNdcS3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkGLSb8IoqILGFk24e89-qg Hello and Happy French Friday!  Today I’m looking at the perfect armchair travel read for Francophiles! It’s the third in a series written by the unstoppable Janine Marsh (of the fabulous The Good Life France website and newsletter. From the publisher: Following on from her hugely popular books, My Good Life in France and My ... Read more]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 22:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkGLSb8IoqILGFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk4zorXvtFaY95ZnUTwRGH7 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Mochaccicno Muffins from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie – chocolate/coffee muffins that are fast to make and tasty (though I could have used more of the coffee flavour, to be honest, especially in a “morning” muffin!). These have both ground coffee (not coffee powder) and coffee syrup (like extract) ... Read more]]> Tue, 31 May 2022 12:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk4zorXvtFaY95ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnMpU-hf1PLUJNaYRWadcX6 This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.  Soy-Sauce Eggs and Sticky Rice sure sounded fabulous when I was flipping through the book – I love rice and eggs – but for whatever reason, I missed the part where the eggs were “cooked” in the soy sauce – ... Read more]]> Fri, 27 May 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnMpU-hf1PLUJNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkAtJFBUfSEbC3FFO_xyF25 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Macarons (p 312) and I had every intention of making these but life (and a senior cat requiring a bit more attention than usual) got in the way. I mean, I have made Dorie’s macaron recipe a bunch of times… most recently a couple of ... Read more]]> Tue, 17 May 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkAtJFBUfSEbC3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnOYHtSUDB8CG7fhEn5oRuR This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is a great one to make a batch of in advance on the weekends to pack in lunches through the week. I admit I don’t make my own dips enough and every time I do I wonder why I ... Read more]]> Fri, 13 May 2022 12:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnOYHtSUDB8CG7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnFsz9lDNkOgavLeqE6yv18 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Asparagus-Lemon Quiche from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and was the perfect dish to welcome truly spring-like temperatures this past weekend here in Toronto. The fact that I was having a bit of a freezer cleanout and discovered some tart shells needing to be used up make this a ... Read more]]> Tue, 10 May 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnFsz9lDNkOgavLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlq5l0IBSyEWzErtZyObPkc Happy French Friday, friends! Today’s post is short and sweet and it’s a lovely little recipe to keep in your back pocket – my favourite French vinaigrette recipe! When I lived in France in the mid 1990s (my gosh that dates me!), I didn’t really cook. I had a SMALL kitchenette (hello 1 tiny bar ... Read more]]> Fri, 06 May 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlq5l0IBSyEWzErtZyObPkc