Mar 31, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: A Curious History of Food and Drink author: Ian Crofton publication date: October 23, 2013 publisher: Quercus This book is for all those food lovers who are ever eager to hear about new, strange, and wonderful dishes. — Ian Crofton (A Curious History of...
Mar 10, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, giveaways
You’ve read what I think about the lovely cookbook Teatime in Paris, and then you found out some interesting tidbits about the author, Jill Colonna, so how about winning a copy of Teatime in Paris for yourself? That’s right! Thanks to Jill and her...
Mar 7, 2016 | authors, bookshelf
I connected with Jill last year when I discovered her two cookbooks – Mad About Macarons and Teatime in Paris on Twitter (as a macaron lover, you KNOW I had to have a copy of her books!). After corresponding via email for several months, I’m happy to say...
Mar 4, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, infographics
Let’s face it – we all have leftover food at some point. Usually, my leftovers make for great snacking, but this infographic I was sent makes leftovers into meals all on their own. I’d love to try some of these! What are your favourite ways to use up...
Feb 27, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, infographics, travel, travel infographics
I dream about travelling a lot. I’m hoping to start including more travel-related food posts here on kitchen frolic, so I figured this infographic would be kind of appropriate. Wouldn’t it be great to hit all these chocolate shops?! If you’ve been...
Feb 16, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Teatime in Paris! A Walk Through Easy French Patisserie Recipes author: Jill Colonna publication date: July 1, 2015 publisher: Waverley Books As a busy working mum, my kind of French baking has to be easy, tasty, pretty and inexpensive to reproduce at home. In...
Feb 11, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, personal
Ok, so I’m a little late to the celebrations, but I just wanted to wish everyone who is celebrating a very happy Lunar New Year! May the Year of the Monkey bring you lots of happiness, laughter, luck, prosperity, and of course, good eats! Oh and good health....
Jan 29, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, infographics, travel, travel infographics
Seriously, who doesn’t LOVE french fries?! Those crispy, fried-to-perfection, salty morsels of fluffy potato goodness (yeah, I love fries, can’t you tell?) And just looking at this infographic from Expedia tells me I would definitely have a hard time...
Jan 19, 2016 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee author: Hattie Ellis publication date: April 25, 2006 publisher: Broadway Books It is closer to the truth to say that bees perform an act of alchemy. Honey is nothing less than concentrated nectar; and...
Jan 15, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, infographics, travel, travel infographics
Many of my readers will know that Paul and I love to vacation in Hawaii, so when Activity Discounts approached me with a new infographic that they created listing some of the best local eateries on the islands, I was naturally curious. Thanks to this list, I’ve...
Jan 8, 2016 | in the kitchen, products, reviews
Back in late November, my sister and I decided to make our Christmas family dinner as simple of an ordeal as possible. Since my mom is still recovering from her stroke, large events and undertakings tire her out, so our plan was to purchase as many of the dishes as...
Dec 25, 2015 | personal
I’ll be busy eating, drinking and generally just enjoying myself silly with friends and family, and I hope you will be too! I want to wish all of you the very best of the holiday season!
Dec 18, 2015 | beyond the kitchen, infographics
Do you love food so much that you’ll fill your house with food-inspired decor? As someone who is currently renovating a house and trying to decide between 1,738 shades of ‘mocha’ for the living room wall and what tile to put on the kitchen floor...
Dec 14, 2015 | books, bookshelf
This past year was a little bit light in terms of cookbook purchases for me. The main reason? I’m running out of room! But rest assured, 2016 will be different – Paul has promised to build me a wall of bookshelves just to house my books! Hooray! In the...
Dec 11, 2015 | beyond the kitchen, infographics, travel, travel infographics
I’m a big fan of snacks (it kind of drives Paul crazy how often I snack) so this infographic from Expedia.ca is a lot of fun for me. I’m definitely a fan of some of these snacks (poutine! stroopwafels! tamales!) but there are a few on here I’d...
