May 31, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: A History of the World in 6 Glasses author: Tom Standage publication date: April 30, 2006 publisher: Walker & Company If you don’t know already, then you’ll probably find out sooner or later than I am a bit of a geek. I love facts and trivia and...
May 26, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Butter Baked Goods: Nostalgic Recipes from a Little Neighborhood Bakery author: Rosie Daykin publication date: October 15, 2013 publisher: Appetite by Random House My recipes were not created to impress people – they were created to spoil them, to...
May 23, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
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...
May 20, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Nigellissima: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes author: Nigella Lawson publication date: February 12, 2013 publisher: Knopf Canada What I am is an Englishwoman who has lived in Italy, who loves Italian food, and has been inspired and influenced by that: my food and...
May 5, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
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...
Apr 18, 2014 | books, bookshelf
I have a dilemma. One that has now been bugging me for weeks. It’s not that serious…it doesn’t keep me up at night (yet), but it’s something I need to make a decision on within the next few months. How the heck do I organize my cookbooks/food...
Apr 13, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, events
“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...
Apr 2, 2014 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
While I love, love, LOVE eating brownies, I have a history of baking them terribly. I’ve tried dozens of times to bake a nice, chewy, fudgy brownie but they have always come out either too dry, too hard or…I’m embarrassed to admit, a few times they...
Mar 17, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, events
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...
Mar 1, 2014 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, recipes
It seems that every week, every day and maybe even every hour is dedicated to a specific food. It’s either National Bacon Day or Chocolate Sundae Month or International Ham Sandwich Hour (I may or may not have made that last one up) so it’s hard to keep...
Feb 23, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
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...
Feb 19, 2014 | drinks, fruits & vegetables, in the kitchen, recipes
Recently, Paul and I were sent 2 bottles of bloo juice to try. I had never heard of this brand before, but Paul and I both love blueberries, so we were looking forward to trying something that boasted that “every bottle…is made with over 600 blueberries...
Feb 1, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
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...
Jan 22, 2014 | breakfast, eggs, in the kitchen, pork & bacon, recipes
I had seen pictures of these bacon and egg “muffins” floating around the internet for a few months now and have always wanted to try them. So a few weekends ago, I decided to pull up a recipe and give them a go. They were ok, but there were a few things I...
Jan 15, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
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):...
