beyond the kitchen
am i in charge of the grill now?
To be honest, when I agreed to take part in Ontario Gas BBQ's #OGBChallenge back in May, I was just excited to go along for the ride. As I mentioned in my introductory post for the Challenge, "I rarely grill. Did I say 'rarely'? I meant 'never'. Grilling is Paul’s...
{event} TO food fest 2014
Just a quick Friday morning post to tell you about a fun food event coming up on August 10 here in Toronto - the TO Food Fest! Now in its third year, the TO Food Fest is one of my favourite food events of the year. I've been watching the event grow since it was still...
{sneak peek} aussie! aussie! aussie! pie! pie! pie!
If you've heard that yell before, then you know you're within earshot of Erynn Mayes and Megan Chan, the two lovely gals behind Kanga (@EatKanga). I met Erynn and Megan about a year ago and Paul and I fell in love with their Aussie Meat Pies almost immediately (how...
{sneak peek} wonderpho menu tasting event
Besides being the target for a some great puns, ("We should eat there, it looks wonderpho!"), WonderPho is a small, eye-catching restaurant near Don Mills and York Mills that Paul and I pass quite often since we live in the neighbourhood. We kept saying that we should...
{event} #yumchaTO
"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 to do. Growing up, my parents took...
{event} macaron day toronto
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 wedding favours....
work in progress…
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 it's now officially...
chinese new year – your favourite foods
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...
{event} the winter classic
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): "...an...
the best laid plans…
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...
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