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Looking for the next cool feature to add to your home? How about a bar to make entertaining guests more fun and to give you a designated space for all your bar-related supplies and items. This is a great idea for indoor spaces as well as for outdoor areas and just to be clear we’re talking about DIY bar projects, the kind that you get to build and to customize however you see fit. We can think of at least a dozen cool ideas that we can share with you so check out our favorites below. We’ll start with this...

This recipe takes time, I won’t lie. But don’t all good things take time? Once you’ve made this bread, it is extremely rewarding and you will make a new one the next day because you’ve finished this loaf. At least, that the case over here. You will need an active sourdough starter – I would recommend to make the levain 24 hours prior to baking. The hydration of this bread is higher the other breads. It’s therefore better to knead this with a standmixer. IngredientsLevain20 grams of active sourdough starter, 100% hydration 65 grams water, 20-25 °C 65 grams wheat...

When I was really young, the only doughnuts I knew were called pączki.  Delicious yeasty, eggy fried dough, most often filled with plum butter, rose jam or custard (my personal fav being a toss up between plum butter and Advocat-flavoured custard) and covered in a sweet citrusy glaze.  Insert drool emoji!!  We moved to Canada when I was young so as I grew up, I was exposed to the more typical North American doughnuts that you get at Tim’s or Krispy Kreme…but pączki are hard to beat!  I thought Mother’s Day would be a perfect time to make pączki and...

Our walnut tree had a great harvest this year. During lockdown, I would go out in the morning and collect all the nuts on the ground. Shuffling between the fallen leaves, we had to repeat this process a couple of times a day. We still have 2 buckets full of walnuts and there absolutely nothing wrong with that. Next to walnut butter, roasted walnuts and walnut cake, they can be an excellent substitute for any nuts in your breads. This recipe is for the sweet and savoury tooth – the bread works great with cheese or honey. If you don’t...

The easiest and tastiest Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks. Keep this great recipe on rotation with your family. Only three simple ingredients. Absolutely delicious! Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks I am the cook, my husband is the grill man. With his work hours, it is sometimes hard to get family dinner to the table on time and still have the taste of a grilled entree. The Air Fryer has been incredibly helpful to this dilemma. It is healthy. It is quick and easy. It is all done from my kitchen counter.  If you want the lovely taste of fried chicken but don’t...