Archive for the "Pastries" category

WanderFood Wednesday: Breakfast Pork Chops and Wife Cakes (Free Real Estate Tips, Too)

by Carolyn B. Heller - WanderFood
( August 16th, 2011 )

Alexandra Road restaurants

“Do you speak Cantonese?” the man at the next table asks, setting down his Sing Tao Daily and peering at me over the top of his reading glasses.

I shake my head.

“Then why do you come to a Chinese cafe? Why …

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WanderFood Wednesday: What’s Shiny, Sweet, and Slightly Stinky?

by Carolyn B. Heller - WanderFood
( August 9th, 2011 )

Durian coconut buns

“Here, smell this,” my husband Alan said the other night when he came home holding a paper bag.

I looked at him skeptically as he put the sack to my nose.

“I brought you a surprise,” he said. “Don’t worry. It’s …

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WanderFood Wednesday: Sticky, Gooey, Sweet (We’re Talkin’ Butter Tarts)

by Carolyn B. Heller - WanderFood
( August 2nd, 2011 )

Butter tarts

I’ve always been a pecan pie girl.

But I’ve been traveling around Ontario recently, and on my travels, I’ve discovered a new contender for my pie affections.

The butter tart.

In case you are—like me until recently—...

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