Feb 15, 2013 | in the kitchen
Recently, Canada Beef asked the Canadian Beef Ambassadors to share tips on saving money and/or time in the kitchen. On the same day that I got that email, Paul announced that it was “meat week” at our house, so the two just seemed to meld together into one...
Feb 3, 2013 | in the kitchen
Today just happens to be Super Bowl Sunday, and although I’m not a football fan, this post is definitely a timely one (especially if you plan on having chicken wings at your Super Bowl party!). Last night Paul and I headed to his parents house to fry up some...
Jan 22, 2013 | in the kitchen
Things have been a little quiet in our kitchen since the holidays – Paul got sick a couple of weeks ago and just as he started recovering, I came down with a bad bug. Which means that for the past several weeks, we were either not in the mood to cook or not in...
Jan 2, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
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...
Dec 24, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Merry Christmas Eve! Well, here we are – the very last day of the Cookie Advent Calendar! This has been an amazing and fun project and I can’t believe that I actually managed to pull it off! I want to thank all my wonderful Cookie Recipe contributors who...
Dec 23, 2012 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
For our Christmas getogethers, I wanted to bake a cookie that incorporated peppermint, since that’s one of the flavours that makes me think immediately of Christmas (eggnog and gingerbread being the other two). A friend recently shared a great orange mocha...
Dec 22, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Missy Maki is one busy lady! Not only does she work full-time, she also writes a beautiful food blog AND hosts a weekly radio food talk show. I met Missy when she answered my call for cookie recipes on Twitter and I’m so glad that she contacted me. She is full...
Dec 21, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Ange is awesome. Not only does she have an amazing food blog that makes me want to move to BC, but I think she may have been one of the first people (outside of my family) to visit kitchen frolic when it started up. You see, I have another (currently on hiatus) blog,...
Dec 20, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Whenever I want to feel inspired, I head over to the Iron Whisk blog. Filled with drool-worthy desserts, I always spend way too much time daydreaming about making the treats that Ilan does and wistfully wishing that I could have been even half as talented when I was...
Dec 19, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
I cannot thank Jen enough for being the one who sent me and Paul to our first Toronto Underground Market back in September. Previously, we were either busy on the day of the event or couldn’t get our hands on tickets, but a few months ago, I won tickets from Jen...
Dec 18, 2012 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
One of the best things about learning to be better cooks in the kitchen is that Paul and I have been eating a whole lot healthier these days than we were even a year ago (with much more trips to the market and WAY less take-out). And we’re continually learning...
Dec 18, 2012 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
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...
Dec 17, 2012 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Stephanie and I have a lot in common (besides our name) but she’ll fill you in on that. We’ve moved our chats off of Twitter (after all, what can you really discuss in depth in 140 characters when you have so much to talk about?) and onto email and...
Dec 16, 2012 | cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Although I didn’t have any requests as to the type of cookies people submitted to the Advent Calendar, when I asked Jerry from Zeppoli’s to contribute to my Cookie Advent Calendar, I was secretly hoping he’d share a traditional Italian cookie recipe...
Dec 15, 2012 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
You know how once in a while you and a co-worker manage to become friends, great friends, outside of the workplace. You no longer think of that person as someone who you work with, but someone you actually like hanging out with? That happened to me and Christina....
