Monthly Archives: January 2016

CHOCOLATE COCONUT MACAROONS ….utterly delicious, divinely decadent

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This is the perfect cookie recipe for some one who NEVER bakes.   The individual who pops into Costco and buys trays of mixed goodies to bring to a pot luck dinner.   Or the hostess who passes off bakery cookies … Continue reading

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MINESTRONE … the perfect winter soup

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The pantry is filled with vegetables and herbs  harvested from the garden.  The mornings are cool and crisp.  Time to make soup.    I went to the bible of authentic Italian cooking.  THE SILVER SPOON.  Five pages of minestrone soups.   Almost … Continue reading

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BUTTER TARTS . . . the quintessential Canadian dessert

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I have shared hundreds of recipes on my food blog MRS. BUTTERFINGERS.  One recipe has been  extraordinarily popular.  It is my recipe for butter tarts. Hundreds of  cooks have down loaded the recipe  this quintessential Canadian dessert. The melt-in-your-mouth flaky … Continue reading

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FRENCH ONION SOUP LES HALLES INSPIRED

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    It was our last night in Paris.   The night sky was fading as we wandered into an old bistro in the lst Arrondissment.    This is the  area where  the citizens of the old market place of Les Halles  … Continue reading

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