Inside the Chatelaine test kitchen

Last week I worked on a couple of upcoming Cooking Class videos. The new recipe videos - including one for our buttermilk  pancakes- are filmed in the Chatelaine test kitchen. Best buttermilk pancakes:  en.chatelaine.com/english/video/food/article.jsp?content=20090604_110307_61 32 Here I am preparing the recipes. See how crazy-bright it looks in here during a shoot - I think that's because everything in the kitchen is white. One of the videos is cooking French onion soup. I have to admit, it was a little strange making such a hearty recipe in the middle of summer. It was also impossible to keep my eyes from watering. Out-of-season onions are sometimes incredibly pungent. This recipe and video go up on Chatelaine.com on August 31 – just in time for the chilly days of September. Don't worry you'll find that local in-season onions - available in September - are a lot easier on the eyes because they're fresh and milder in flavour and odour.