Apr 22, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, giveaways
As you may or may not know…I’m a bit obsessed with food books. Food writing, cookbooks, food reference books, it doesn’t matter, I read them all. I was collecting and reading food books WAY before I started this blog and WAY before I started trying...
Apr 13, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, events
“Yum cha” translates from Cantonese as “drink tea”, but it’s so much more than just drinking tea. Yum cha is the Chinese morning/afternoon meal that involves drinking tea and eating dim sum dishes and it’s one of my favourite things...
Mar 17, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, events
Macaron lovers rejoice! This Thursday (March 20) marks the global celebration of the cute little French pastry – it’s Macaron Day! Anyone who knows me knows that I ADORE macarons! Yes, I’m the girl that talked her sister into giving macarons out as...
Feb 23, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
Dear readers, If you’re a regular reader of kitchen frolic, or even just a casual repeat visitor, you may have noticed that there have been some changes to the look of the blog. The reason is because I’ve been busy migrating my little site so that...
Feb 1, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
Happy Chinese New Year! Or as we say in Cantonese Sun Leen Fai Lok (Happy New Year) and Gung Hai Fat Choi (Wishing your prosperity)! Chinese New Year is all about family and food. Which is what any great holiday should be about. Plus, food at Chinese New Year takes on...
Jan 15, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
So, while many of my friends were nursing hangovers on January 1, I was up at 5 am, driving from Windsor to Ann Arbor in order to freeze my buns off sitting on metal bleachers for the entire day. Why, you may ask? The Winter Classic is (according to Wikipedia):...
