Cookies don’t always have to be overly sweet. In fact, sometimes, a balance between sweet and savoury/salty is the best – it feels like you can eat more cookies that way! And maybe sneak some in as a snack, or with breakfast, or…yeah, you get the picture. These sesame cookies are an offbeat Italian tradition, […]

It’s hard to pair up certain teas with foods, simply because their flavours are so delicate. You don’t want to overwhelm the brew, which is often more of an aroma than a flavour, per se – the bouquet or nose of the tea is 75% of the sipping experience, just like we all learned with […]

Normally, I’m all about making simple cookies – the faster I can churn ’em out, the better. None of this fancy rolling and cutting and shaping, oh no. But sometimes, you want something a little special, and these orange cream-filled sandwich cookies are just the thing when you’re looking for an impressive little morsel. They […]

Instead of leading off with the cookies this time, we’ve decided to take a tea and find the perfect baked good to pair with it. One of our weirder concoctions is, without a doubt, Let’s Split. I mean, yerba maté with banana? Wild! But it’s a really good match, honestly – yerba maté is earthy […]

Everyone loves a good brownie. And there are a million variations on the classic – chewy versus , walnuts or no nuts, extra chocolate chips, peanut butter swirl, the works. I love the idea of this particular variation: crushed malted milk balls. I may have to get malted milk balls next Hallowe’en just for an […]

People tend to overlook herbs for some reason. Yes, they’re used extensively in cooking, but rarely do herbal flavours make it away from savoury and into sweet – or into the cup, for that matter. We talk about herbal teas, but culinary herbs rarely factor into that, unless you’re making a medicinal drink. Where’s the […]

All right, so it’s not really a cookie. But it’s easy, it’s sweet, and it makes a great gift! So cut me some slack, here, people. You know you’ll eat it anyway. Today’s pairing seems a little odd on the surface. I mean, what do you do with peanuts? It’s not a flavour you get much of […]

You know, I don’t even have to explain this one. Maple-walnut bars with maple-walnut tea. Duh. Our work here is done. And deliciously maple-y. Maple-Walnut Bars from Real Simple Ingredients: For the crust 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more for the baking pan 1 1/2 cups cups all-purpose flour, […]

Today, we’re going for an East-Meets-West fusion theme (Swedish and Thai!), brought together by a taste that people tend to either love or hate: coconut. Personally, I love it, and I think it works equally well in sweet and savoury contexts. I mean, c’mon, Thai coconut curry? Yum! Butter cookies, too, lend themselves wonderfully to […]

It’s ginger, baby! Warm, spicy, comforting, crazy ginger. It can be exotic – turning up in Thai or Indian food, or with gorgeous little golden crystallized nuggets in chocolates – or completely homey; I mean, who doesn’t have fond gingersnap memories from childhood? This twist on gingersnaps, studded with cashews, is a great way to […]