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maple wholewheat pumpkin bread

christinajbartlett — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:06:02 +0000

I’m milking pumpkin season for all it’s worth. You see, us New Zealanders don’t bake with pumpkin. This pumpkin-mad season is all quite foreign, quite exotic, and altogether quite fun. Also uncommon in New Zealand is pumpkin carving. With Halloween barely celebrated (compared to North America anyway) and giant orange pumpkins near impossible to find, […]

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spiced apple cake cookie’wiches {with browned butter}

christinajbartlett — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:26:02 +0000

It seems Jesse and I complain an awful lot about being out of our comfort zone (Fresh veggies are so expensive! Our families are so far away! The midnight sun makes it hard to sleep!). We went through some early journal articles about our decision to leave New Zealand. Our main reasons for moving to […]

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carrot cake cookie-wiches

christinajbartlett — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:47:39 +0000

Let me tell you about Soma Cafe, the space in which I currently spend my workweek. I’ve been doing this cafe for close to 2 months now. The rose tinted glasses have gone, but it still brings great satisfaction. Cooking and baking in my own space with good background music – just like in my […]

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super rich chocolate temptations

christinajbartlett — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:18:32 +0000

As a food photographer, when an urge for a shoot arises, something must be baked. A childhood favourite – Super Rich Chocolate Temptations. Mama used to make these all the time, using craisins (dried cranberries) in place of raisins, and both dark and white chocolate. I definitely recommend using real chocolate. Those chocolate melts or […]

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pumpkin oatmeal bars

christinajbartlett — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:39:31 +0000

Pumpkin in sweet goods is a new concept to me. Having grown up only eating pumpkin roasted (always in it’s skin!) with dinner, or tossed through a salad (commonly with chickpeas and balsamic dressing) at a cafe, the concept of pureeing and cooking it in a dessert is still a little strange. And a little […]

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thanksgiving pecan pie

christinajbartlett — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:51:02 +0000

How do New Zealanders celebrate thanksgiving? Erm, we don’t. It’s a question I have been asked plenty over the last week. As well as “do you eat turkey on thanksgiving or, I imagine, lamb”? First – yes we have more sheep than people in NZ, but we don’t eat lamb for every celebratory meal! And […]

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rum-spiked pecan tarts “just like in canada”

christinajbartlett — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:02:28 +0000

Last weekend J and I raced up to Auckland to celebrate Christmas early with the Canadian side of the family. Oh Canadians. They are way too much fun. The jokes, the laughter – and the food! Golly, they know how to eat well. True to Canadian Christmas tradition, I couldn’t resist making Pecan Tarts to […]

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pumpkin pie {but not the thanksgiving sort}

christinajbartlett — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:18:22 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!! Right now, on the other hemisphere (well, actually only in the USA.. Canada’s thanksgiving has been and gone) bakers all over are getting the stuffed turkey into the oven, bringing the cranberry sauce to room temperature, prepping the potato gratin, roasting the vegetables, letting the pumpkin pie cool, and cutting the cornbread into […]

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black beans & brownie

christinajbartlett — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:14:17 +0000

For a while now I been eyeing up a certain beans and rice dish, Moros y Christianos – because, as much as we love our staple refried beans (cheap, substantial, nutritious, quick, freeze-able, adaptable, super easy…), one does get a little sick of kidney beans. Hence, when I came across a pound of dried black beans in the […]

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pecan & chocolate babka

christinajbartlett — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:28:58 +0000

Supper last night was pretty awesome. As expected, yet another success from Good the the Grain. This is the tenth recipe attempted from the book (wow ten already!) and it has been a fantastic journey of learning about different grains, different sugars and just different baked goods altogether. Unsurprisingly the husband is enjoying the journey […]

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