May 5, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
I had seen Hot Bunzz (@HotBunzzTO) around on Twitter for awhile but our first taste of their buns was at the September 2012 Toronto Underground Market where their Beef Basil Thai bun was a hit with both Paul and myself. I’ve been stalking following Hot Bunzz on...
May 4, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, events
On Wednesday, May 8, McDonald’s is celebrating the 20th McHappy Day in Canada and they need our help! For every Big Mac, Happy Meal or hot McCafe beverage that’s sold on May 8, McDonald’s will donate $1 to local children’s charities, including...
May 1, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
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,...
Apr 24, 2013 | in the kitchen
If you haven’t been able to tell from my blog, Twitter and Instagram feeds – I love macarons. A lot. Paul likes them well enough, but I ADORE them. I even managed to talk my sister, Suzie, into giving macarons out as her wedding favours just so I could eat...
Apr 17, 2013 | desserts & sweets, frozen treats, in the kitchen, recipes
One of our favourite discoveries when we travelled to Rome for the first time last year was the Tazza d’Oro, a small coffee shop that sits very close to the Pantheon. Being a famed coffee shop in Rome is no small feat and there were definitely some wonderful coffees...
Apr 5, 2013 | chocolate, drinks, in the kitchen, recipes
Pink peppercorns look like regular peppercorns and have a peppery flavour, but are not actually related to regular peppercorns. These pinkish-red dried berries can often be found in gourmet stores or bulk food stores (where I found my supply) and are sometimes even...
Apr 1, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, in the kitchen, personal
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...
Mar 28, 2013 | in the kitchen, recipes
Sriracha is a hot sauce originating from Thailand that’s essentially a paste of chili peppers, distilled water, vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt. One popular version of Sriracha is produced by Huy Fong Foods, which has a rooster on its green-topped bottle, hence...
Mar 21, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, infographics
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...
Mar 14, 2013 | in the kitchen, pork & bacon, recipes
Several months ago, I connected with Erin, the mastermind behind foodiepages.com – an “online farmer’s market” where you can “buy directly from Canada’s best food producers, farmers and artisans”. Erin had sent out a tweet...
Mar 1, 2013 | beef, in the kitchen, main courses, meat dishes, products, recipes
The next Summer Fresh sauce we tried…well, we didn’t exactly cook with it. You see, the Summer Fresh 3 Peppercorn sauce was the first one I pulled out of the box when it arrived and right away, Paul and I looked at each other and said “Steak!”...
Feb 28, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, pizza, products, recipes
I have always loved the saucy goodness of butter chicken. Especially on a bed of rice. There’s just something about the sauce that I can’t get enough of. So I was pretty excited to see that one of the sauces in the set that Summer Fresh sent me to try was...
Feb 26, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, pasta & noodles, products, recipes
Paul and I love doing stir-fry – it’s quick, healthy and uses up any random meats or vegetables that we have handy in the fridge and/or freezer. The Summer Fresh Thai Curry was a perfect complement to this soba noodles and vegetable stir-fry – it...
Feb 24, 2013 | beef, in the kitchen, main courses, meat dishes, products, recipes
I love veal scaloppine (even though I have trouble spelling scaloppine) so when I saw the Mushroom Marsala sauce in the Summer Fresh line-up, I knew what I wanted to make with it. Confession time (well, not MY confession), but Paul doesn’t like mushrooms. Which...
Feb 21, 2013 | in the kitchen, products
A couple of weeks ago, I was among a group of Canadian bloggers chosen by Summer Fresh Salads to try out their new Fresh Sauces! I was pretty excited to get my hands on these sauces and start cooking with them in the kitchen – what fun! The new line of products...
