happy mchappy day – wednesday, may 8!

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...
happy first birthday!

happy first birthday!

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,...
the best laid plans…

the best laid plans…

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...

happy 2013!

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...
afternoon tea at butter avenue

afternoon tea at butter avenue

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...
{event} bouchon bakery love

{event} bouchon bakery love

One of my regrets for not starting a food blog earlier is that I never got to share some of the amazing food we ate during our past trips (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Hawaii, London, Las Vegas, etc). Of course, that just means that we need to travel some more! But seriously,...