Hi Reader, Today I'm sharing a few of my favourite holiday appetizers: all easy, cheesy, and perfect for cozy gatherings. The baked brie with red pepper jelly is a new recipe on my website. It looks impressive but takes almost no effort, and the flavour is warm, sweet, and savoury all at once. I’m also sharing my brie stuffed mushrooms, which are packed with flavour, and a fun Christmas cheese board that you can really get creative with. If you’re entertaining this month (or just want cozy...

Hi Reader, At my house, holiday baking starts with a batch of shortbread. My mom loves to make shortbread for gifts, but we usually make a few early batches for ourselves to test out new flavours. This week I’m sharing our chocolate shortbread cookies, which are wonderfully crisp and full of chocolate flavour. I’m also linking our new coconut shortbread cookies recipe, which just might be my favourite cookie of all time. I hope you try making it, it's delicious. Chocolate Shortbread Cookies...

Hi Reader, I’ve been cooking a lot of cozy food lately, and this week I finally finished a recipe that always feels a little special to me: creamy mashed parsnips. If you’ve never cooked with parsnips before, they taste a bit like a sweeter, brighter version of a carrot. When you simmer them with a little milk and blend them with an immersion blender, they turn into a smooth, lightly sweet mash. (The immersion blender is optional, though; using a potato masher also works and creates a nice...