Happy (belated) Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians out there! I was at work, while Mr. Chuckles enjoyed a nice bank holiday at home and spent the entire day cooking up our Canada Day feast. The star was the smoked brisket which he slaved over for nine hours, but I'm going to share the [...]
Mr. Chuckles continues to experiment with our Kamado Joe grill, recently sprucing it up with their rotisserie attachment. This week, we've enjoyed rotisseried picanha steak and cornish hen. https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1VOAEJwq-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link After those hearty meaty meals, it was time to test out a sweeter treat. When Mr. Chuckles and I were staying at the Hard Rock Hotel [...]
Travel plans are on hold these days, but that doesn't stop us from reminiscing about our past adventures around the world, and occupying our time with recreating our favourite dishes from abroad. One of my favourites from Thailand is mango sticky rice, which we enjoyed several times during our trip there last year. Although it [...]
In preparation for upcoming Pi (π) Day this weekend, I present to you Mr. Chuckles' recently discovered recipe for Key lime pie. This is probably my favourite pie, as its light texture and citrus flavour serves as a nice palate cleanser after a heavy meal. The classic Key lime pie originated in Florida, where it [...]
Sometimes all you need is a perfectly baked chocolate chip cookie to make your day. One of my favourite places in Toronto for pastries, particularly cookies, is Mabel's Bakery. They make the absolute best chewy chocolate chip cookies that are crispy on the edge and soft in the middle. Mr. Chuckles found this recipe which [...]
Today's dessert recipe is inspired by one of our favourite bakeries, Milk Bar, helmed by award winning pastry chef Christina Tosi. We frequent the Toronto location attached to Momofuku and have visited the shop inside Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas, where we enjoyed their classic Birthday Cake. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpLqDpthjQP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Milk Bar's best known creation, however, is [...]
Sticky toffee pudding is a classic dessert made of moist sponge cake, covered with toffee sauce and usually served with a vanilla custard or ice cream. Its origin is a little convoluted. The invention is often attributed to English chef Francis Coulson of the Sharrow Bay Country House hotel sometime in the 1970s, but Coulson [...]
New Year, more eats! Soufflé is a baked egg-based dish which originated in early 18th century France, the term being derived from souffler meaning 'to blow', 'to inflate', or 'to puff'. There are both savoury and sweet variations, one of the most popular of which is the classic chocolate soufflé. Recipe Adapted from Serious Eats. [...]
My earliest memories of apple pie were from The Big Apple, a bakery/shop that sits just off the westbound lane of Highway 401 as it passes Colborne, Ontario. My family made a point to stop here every time we were on our way home to Toronto from Ottawa to pick up a couple of their [...]
I received a notification from WordPress yesterday that I've Bean Travelling has now surpassed 100 follows, including a combination of WordPress reader, email, and social media subscribers. This blog was started on a whim as an inside joke between myself and Mr. Chuckles, but has since transformed into my creative outlet in a small corner [...]
