Doughnuts! Here in Portland we love our doughnuts. We’ve got Voodoo (average doughnuts, fun concept, worth going for the experience), Blue Star (tasty, but expensive) and numerous other spots throughout the city. My favourite doughnut shop here is Pip’s. They make mini doughnuts and have …

I have officially found my new favourite bunch food. Forget eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles and French toast. These savoury scones filled with three cheeses and scallions are what brunch dreams are made of. They melt in your mouth in the most deliciously flaky way and …

Back to blueberries! Blueberry muffins, that is. Remember a few weeks ago when I went berry picking with some friends and we picked 9 pints of blueberries in about 20 minutes? These delicious muffins are the result of some of those blueberries. I’ve made these twice …

I’ve got this thing for lemons. I’m not sure what it is, but if lemons are involved I’m all about it. I like to add a squeeze of lemon juice to food, use it in salad dressings, make lemon curd, zest them into cookies or macarons. You …

Croissants. One of those things everyone loves to eat for breakfast once in a while but gets scared off by the idea of making puff pastry to do so. I’m here to tell you to not be scared of puff pastry. It’s time consuming for …