Christmas Cookies Recipes and Treats

Only 7 days until Christmas Day 2023. We are down to the last week of baking off a variety of Cookies and treats this fine holiday season. Sugar Cookies are one of my favourites as you get to decorate them afterwards. Click HERE for the best Sugar Cookies recipe. Next is Ginger Sparklers – so…

Christmas Baking

I believe Christmas Season is my favourite time of year. Even though I was brought up Catholic within our Italian heritage, I’m far from being religious. Christmas has a different meaning to me, where it’s the fun holiday festival throughout December, just like the Roman Caesars celebrations. As a Chef, it also means this time…

Halloween Baking : 3 D Vampire Coffin

This is year I’ve been planning a scary Halloween Cake, and after much consideration of themes I decided to do a “Black Forest Cherry Halloween Cake w/ caramel frosting, surrounded by marshmallow spider webbing.” Each stage is prepared on separate days, as this cake takes time and patience. The First Stage I’m going to make…

Nanaimo Bar Recipe

Welcome My Foodie Friends With Halloween around the corner I was strangely reminded of Nanaimo Bars. Even though Nanaimo Bars are a treat during Christmas I started to think, what would you do to create a scary treat using Nanaimo Bars. SO – I’m forwarding the challenge to my bakers friends and family — How…

Celebrating Holidays as a Chef

How do you celebrate holidays? Celebrating holidays are important to me now. As a Chef , I never had a chance to be with my family during my whole career until I retired. Every holiday I was working ; that being said, the holidays I love the most is Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s not all…