M’s Week in Toronto: Afternoon Tea at The Ritz

Its now become a tradition that on every trip to London, I must do Afternoon Tea so of course when M was visiting me from London, we had to go for high tea here.  I’ve been to a few afternoon

Japan 2012: Harbs

If there’s one thing you notice about the Japanese, its their love for sweets.  Very much influenced by France and the rest of Europe, their cakes and pastries are based on European techniques but add Japanese flavour profiles.  Flavours like:

Milk Chocolate Pistachio Tart

What goes great with wine and cheese – chocolate, of course!  I scoured my many cookbooks for a dessert recipe that incorporated chocolate and found this milk chocolate pistachio tart in Martha Stewart’s Pies & Tarts cookbook.  I needed a