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March 26, 2013 
How to make your own maple butter:
Soften butter with a spatula and mix all ingredients together.
This butter tastes great on a brioche. You can find a brioche recipe here.
Winter | Tags: Maple Syrup March 19, 2013 
Using spelt flour adds a slightly nutty taste to these pancakes and our homemade yogurt sends them over the top! In this recipe, egg whites are used as the leavening instead of baking powder and baking soda. Local maple syrup on top makes them perfect for a lazy morning.
For the recipe:
Combine egg, yogurt, flour, rum and salt together in a bowl.
Beat the egg white and sugar together until you have soft peaks.
Combine the two mixtures together, making sure not to deflate batter too much.
Heat a pan with butter and start making your pancakes!
Winter | Tags: Maple Syrup, Yogurt March 13, 2013 
Making yogurt is easy and the result is delicious! The technique is pretty much the same across the board but you can play around by using different types of milk and by varying the incubation time. We've made our yogurt following the guidelines of Sandor Katz in his book The Art of Fermentation.
DIY Yogurt recipe:
Heat the milk to 180 F (making sure to stir often) and hold it there for a few minutes.
Pour the milk into a shallow ceramic or glass container and let the milk cool down to 115 F (you can speed this up by using an ice bath).
Once the milk reaches 115 F, mix a few tablespoons of it with the yogurt in a smaller bowl, then add this to the milk, cover, and let it incubate at around 110 F for about 7 hours.
Place the yogurt in a jar and in the fridge. We've paired ours with local maple syrup!
March 8, 2013 
You can easily upgrade your plain yogurt by adding a few teaspoons of homemade jam. You can find a basic strawberry jam recipe here. We still had a jar of our favourite Crosstown Sweets' jam left and swirled a few spoons into our yogurt...it was so delicious that we could only catch a photo of the empty jar...sorry!
March 5, 2013 
This month we'll focus on maple and yogurt. We'll show you how to make yogurt with local milk and we'll give you our picks for best new york maple syrup!
February 28, 2013 
Last month Evi had the pleasure to photograph for Turkish food store Mmm Enfes. Nurdan Erdem, the store owner, brought the delicious ingredients. Food stylist Laurie Knoop at Studio 129 made them camera ready and art director Kat Kojic brought us all together!
February 26, 2013 
To wrap up our citrus month, here are a few recipes we found worth sharing!
LOTTIE & DOOF's Blood Orange Tart
Winter February 19, 2013 
Citrus curd tastes like summer on a cold winter day. The acidity from the citrus cuts through the richness of the eggs and butter. It's a perfectly balanced dessert, one of our favorites!
For the recipe:
Whisk together eggs and sugar.
Add the citrus juice and zest, place on top of double boiler and whisk continuously until the curd thickens, between 5 to 10 minutes.
Take off of heat and let cool down a bit before whisking in softened butter.
February 12, 2013 
Enjoy these coconut marshmallows for Valentine's Day!
For the recipe:
Prepare a dish by sifting a 50:50 mixture of confectionary sugar and corn starch over the bottom and sides.
Sprinkle the gelatin over water (130 grams) and set aside.
Combine the water, corn syrup, and sugar in a pot. Brush the sides of the pot with a wet pastry brush to remove any sugar. Cook until it reaches 245F (firm ball stage) on a candy thermometer.
Place the egg whites and pinch of salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and start whipping to stiff peaks.
Pour the sugar over the whipping whites once it reaches temperature.
Add the gelatin to the hot sugar pot and let it melt, then add to the whipping whites.
Once the mixture has cooled down and is warm to the touch, add the alcohol while still whipping.
Pour the marshmallow batter into your prepared dish, smooth the top and sprinkle with the confectionary sugar/cornstarch mixture.
Let that set for an hour in a cool place before cutting into desired shapes.
February 6, 2013 
This month we will focus on recipes that include citrus and coconut! Look forward to some delicious treats!
