Be still, my heart! Comfort food season is upon us.

Grilled cheese sandwiches made from soft, gooey Camembert at the peak of ripeness on sourdough accompanied by thrown-together-yet-somehow-amazing homemade tomato soup = food nirvana.

Chocolate Cake

I've made this cake a bunch of times and it's always easy and delicious.  This time I piled some fresh (though out of season) raspberries in the middle.  They looked so pretty on the plate with a slice of cake and a ball of ice cream.  Yummy.

Thanksgiving / Dabum Day

We say "Dabum" to America's Test Kitchen for giving us inspiration on this day for four out of four main dishes at our Thanskgiving Day feast. Brined and air-dried turkey is moist and tender with delicious crispy skin. The sauce is cranberries with Grand Marnier, sugar and water--fresh and tangy!

Farmer's Market Beauty

Beautiful heritage variety carrots. I roasted them with these little organic turnips and organic onions that I bought from a bare-footed francophone farmer. Yum!

Cherries!

I picked cherries down the street from my house. They weren't very flavourful so I made a medium syrup. We boiled the cherries in the syrup and they started to taste just like maraschino cherries.



They were so pretty in their jars, and a delicious addition to my morning oatmeals.

Strawberries . . .

. . . are in season!



There's nothing like sitting down to a huge beautiful bowl of organic strawberries. I can't even bring myself to do anything with them except eat more & more & more.

breath mints not included

Roasted Garlic

Preheat oven to 400.

Take a head of garlic, whole, and slice off the top. Drizzle with a few Tbsp of olive oil and sprinkle well with salt. Create a little tin foil "package" for the garlic by placing the garlic in the center of a sheet and gently folding over the edges to seal. Place it right in the oven on the middle rack and roast for about 35 minutes.

Next, marvel at the fact that your kitchen now smells of sweet, earthy roasted garlic. Use in pasta dishes, dips, spread on thick slices of buttery, crusty French bread, or mash the squishy cloves into a warmed-up bowl of leftover mashed potatoes. Add a dollop or two of sour cream, and enjoy your very comforting comfort food.