Saturday Sweets

White- chocolate-orange choux, vanilla choux, yuzu-glazed double-baked almond croissant and pain au chocolate from Beta5 Chocolates. Russian tea-cakes from Black Rook Bakehouse.

Officially Spring

Spring officially started a few days ago, and today is a beautiful affirmation: the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and the crocuses are out of hiding. Too bad it’s freezing. Stella and I had still had a great walk with my mom at Trout Lake early this morning though, and afterward, we stopped…

Black Rook Bakehouse

In the Grandview/Woodlands area of east Vancouver is a bakery called Black Rook Bakehouse. Everything is made from scratch, and so far, I haven’t been disappointed. A plus is that it’s just a couple stores down from Long Live Cats and Dogs which carries a lot of the good raw food brands like Natural Instincts….