The Little Red Kitchen

Lucie turned six months old the other day. And we held a little party. Why not celebrate six months? It seems like a pretty big accompli...

Growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, oatcakes were a coffee shop staple. A cross between a cookie and a biscuit, they were the si...

The weather in Edmonton has been absolutely lovely. It really couldn’t have been more perfect for the three weeks of my mini waiting-for-b...

  The Christmas baking started a couple of weeks ago around here. A little early, yes, but I had an excuse: I attended a cookie exchange for...

In my last post, I forgot to include the link to the recipe for that pumpkin apple upside-down cake I made for Thanksgiving, so here it is...

It has been a crazy couple of weeks around here. Tomorrow night is a big event in my husband's life - his final voice recital for...

On top of busy workdays and finishing essays, we're starting to celebrate the holidays in small ways around here. This is one of them. ...

Lately I have been finding lots of inspiration over at La Tartine Gourmande .  Bea has a really beautiful website. She's a professi...

My trip to Halifax in early July was everything I hoped it would be. Fun. relaxed. Full of wedding-ness, family and cake-baking. It felt a...

I’m flying out of Edmonton for Halifax bright and early tomorrow morning. After four test cakes, I think I’ve decided on the cake I want to ...

I have an announcement to make: I am baking a wedding cake! Not just any wedding cake. The cake for my sister Claire’s wedding. The sam...

Visiting food markets in new cities is something I love to do when I’m traveling. Sadly I haven’t had many opportunities. I’m hoping to t...