beyond the kitchen
happy first birthday!
365 days (actually, 366 since 2012 was a Leap Year) ago today, I posted my very first blog post here on kitchen frolic. In the span of a year, what started out as a tentative step into the world of food blogging has turned into lots of wonderful new opportunities,...
the best laid plans…
I had big baking plans going into the Easter weekend - I had four days off and during that time I was determined to dye some Easter eggs! Bake Easter-themed cupcakes! Make another attempt at macarons! Do something with marshmallow Peeps! And then I got sick. Not...
watch.learn.cook with canadian beef
As much as I love my cookbooks and following recipes, sometimes, I find it so much easier to watch a video. There are days when my brain just isn't wrapping around a concept and a quick video viewing makes things much, much easier. Who isn't a visual learner? That...
happy 2013!
Happy New Year friends! 2012 has been a wonderful year of new adventures for us, and me in particular, most notably starting a new job and launching this blog. I've met so many wonderful people through kitchen frolic and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank each...
afternoon tea at butter avenue
Recently, Yvonne from th3hungrycat invited me to join her and her sister for Afternoon Tea at Butter Avenue and I didn't hesitate to accept. I was excited for a few reasons: Yvonne's tweets about Butter Avenue always have me drooling from their website, it looked like...
{event} bouchon bakery love
One of my regrets for not starting a food blog earlier is that I never got to share some of the amazing food we ate during our past trips (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Hawaii, London, Las Vegas, etc). Of course, that just means that we need to travel some more! But seriously,...
the tasty business of food trucks {infographic}
Most people who like food and like to eat are aware of the growing trend of Food Trucks. I think my fascination with food trucks stems from my childhood memories of hearing the musical tinkling of the ice cream truck rollling down the street. But Food Trucks are...
{event} our first TUM (toronto underground market), part 2
(Note: This is the second part of a two-part series about our first TUM. You can read Part 1 here) After finishing our Thanksgiving Pucks, we headed to the back of the venue to a surprisingly short line up for Fidel Gastro’s (@fidelgastros). I had heard a lot about...
{event} our first TUM (toronto underground market), part 1
(Note: We had so much fun at September’s TUM that I have A LOT to say about it, so I’ve split this post into 2 parts. Watch for Part 2 coming up in a couple of days!) Thanks to the super generous Jen of foodpr0n, Paul and I got to attend the nighttime Toronto...
{event} fresh fest 2012 at the ontario food terminal
Yesterday, Paul and I headed out to the Ontario Food Terminal to check out the first-ever Fresh Fest event. This was the first time that the Ontario Food Terminal had opened to the public and the aim of the event was to: raise funds for FoodShare Toronto, a non-profit...