Jul 1, 2014 | in the kitchen, personal
HAPPY CANADA DAY! There’s something very Canadian about celebrating our country’s birthday with a famly BBQ. And as you probably know from my past several weeks of blog posts, I’ve been taking part in the #OGBChallenge, sponsored by Ontario Gas BBQ,...
Jun 16, 2014 | in the kitchen, personal
Sometimes I agree to do crazy things without thinking them through first. For example, when the awesome folks at Ontario Gas BBQ (OGB), the world’s largest BBQ store, invited me to take part in a grilling challenge, I thought it would be a great opportunity to...
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):...
Dec 30, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
So, I had everything planned out perfectly: Fri. Dec. 20: my last day of work before the Christmas holidays (and a two-week vacation!) Sat. Dec. 21 & Sun. Dec. 22: Paul and I finish our Christmas shopping Mon. Dec. 23: bake cookies for my entry in the kitchen...