caramel

  • You Should Brûlée All of Your Favourite Holiday Treats

    You Should Brûlée All of Your Favourite Holiday Treats

    Whether you’re huddling around a roaring campfire, grilling a sumptuous piece of meat, or brûlée-ing a custardy crème, fire is sexy. Maybe it’s the element of danger involved in the exothermic process of combustion, or maybe it’s just because it looks cool, but breaking out a kitchen torch tells me we are about to experience…


  • This Eggless, Flourless Pie Was Made For These Times

    I try to avoid food-writer cliches, but it is legitimately hard for me to not talk about my grandmother. It’s been particularly challenging recently, because she lived a life that would have been virtually unchanged by this pandemic. She rarely left the house—due to mobility issues, we hired someone to do her shopping—she didn’t care…


  • Make The Ultimate Salted Caramel With MSG

    Make The Ultimate Salted Caramel With MSG

    Video: Caramel is great, but salted caramel, with its contrasting flavours, is even better. Add MSG to that mixture, and you have a sweet and salty, buttery, gooey caramel sauce with just a hint of umami (sorta like a fish sauce caramel, but without the fish, and much more dessert friendly).