Posts by The Culinary Chase

I’ve been following the business partnership between Heather and Lori of The Cupcake Girls. The show chronicles their day to day business adventures giving you an armchair view of the risks in starting and running your own business. The Cupcake Girls tv show is viewed in 63 countries and is a recent Gemini winner. I…

Serve this as a welcome bite and your dinner party is off to an amazing start!  Phyllo, Filo or Fillo dough is paper-thin sheets of raw, unleavened flour dough used for making pastries. A popular dessert using filo pastry is baklava but there are oodles of other sweet and savory dishes out there using filo…

This recipe does the humble chicken proud. Chicken without any flavoring especially with the skin removed, is rather bland when cooked on its own. But add a few herbs and spices in the cooking process and voilà, this Gallus gallus (domesticated chicken-like bird from Asia) comes to life.  It is well-suited to adding distinctive flavors. …

Matzo (also spelled matzah, matzoh) is a type of flatbread (cracker-like) which is made in Jewish communities all over the world. This bread is traditionally eaten during Passover, when people of the Jewish faith are not allowed to eat leavened breads. Matzo meal is made by grinding matzo bread.  To make your own matzo, check…

in-dulge (in-duhlj) – to yield to, satisfy, or gratify (desires, feelings, etc.): to indulge one’s appetite for sweets. This pretty much sums up the reason for today’s posting!  It was a lovely weekend full of sunshine and what better way to end the weekend than with an uplifting, sinfully delicious dessert! Serves 6recipe adapted from…