Black and White Cookie Tart

Black and White Cookie Tart

Okay, guys! We’re in the home stretch now. All we have to do is clear New Year’s and then we can leave the butter, alcohol and social anxiety behind for another calendar year. Okay, so the holidays are not as bad as all that. But I have to say I’ve never thought of kale quite so longingly. Today’s Black and White Cookie Tart is the last installment in my now two-month long (nearly three) ode to butter. So, after we devour this guy, you have a month of healthy-ish (let’s not go nuts) recipes to look forward to. And then we’ll be back to butter because it will be the dead of Winter and I will be sad.

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Spinach Artichoke Strata with Asiago

Spinach Artichoke Strata with Asiago

I’ve always taken Christmas morning breakfast very seriously. Some might say too seriously but those people are, frankly, not living their best life. Christmas morning breakfast is sacred. It’s the one morning meal all year that allows, nay, demands you throw caution to the wind and eat and drink whatever you damn well please. You can’t, in good conscience, waste an opportunity like that. That’s why I propose you serve this Spinach Artichoke Strata because it’s level of decadence is definitely over the top.

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Winter Wonderland Battenburg Cake

Winter Wonderland Battenburg Cake

I’m not going to lie to you. This Winter Wonderland Battenburg Cake nearly stole my sanity. It took a few cracks to get it just right because, girl, this cake is fin-nick-y! Now, if you’re a detail-oriented, seasoned baker I’m sure you’ll barely break a sweat. But if you’re a mere mortal like me, usher any nearby children out of the house because they’re will be f-bombs abound. 

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Wild Mushroom Cream Sauce & The Boreal Forest

Today’s Wild Mushroom Cream Sauce comes with a message. A little while back, the people at Green Peace reached out about a project they were undertaking with a Yukon chef by the name of Michele Genest. The project would take the form of a cookbook to raise awareness for the Boreal Forest. I chose to volunteer my talents to the initiative because preserving biodiversity in the natural world is something near and dear to my heart. Enjoying a wide variety of flavors and textures is a privilege that I believe is worth guarding. If you’d rather not read on, no sweat! But take this as a fair warning: there will be some mild tree hugging and fuzzy fungi feels below.

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