Oct 3, 2012 | beyond the kitchen, events
(Note: We had so much fun at September’s TUM that I have A LOT to say about it, so I’ve split this post into 2 parts. Watch for Part 2 coming up in a couple of days!) Thanks to the super generous Jen of foodpr0n, Paul and I got to attend the nighttime Toronto...
Sep 14, 2012 | our travels, travel, travel info
As a kid, I always thought that one of the coolest things about “growing up” would be that I could eat anything I wanted… whenever I wanted. Like ice cream. What kid doesn’t dream about eating ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Although...
Sep 5, 2012 | our travels, travel, travel info
Pizza. Who doesn’t love a good slice of pizza? We sure as heck love it! Friday night is generally “pizza night” and although we vary where we get our pizza from each week, we generally stick to simple toppings, like pepperoni. Once in a while,...
Aug 28, 2012 | our travels, travel, travel info
Ok, so you’ve seen the Top (non-food) things I saw in Rome, but I know some of you are thinking, “But what about the food?” Even though I blog about food and I think about food A LOT, I was so excited to be heading to Rome for the first time that I...
Aug 22, 2012 | new posts - travel, our travels, travel, travel info
Paul and I are back from our one-week vacation in Rome and if you’ve been following me on Twitter and/or Instagram, then you’ll know we packed A LOT of sight-seeing into seven days! We chose to go to Rome at the very last minute – within the span of...
Jul 26, 2012 | in the kitchen, pork & bacon, recipes
My mom is a great cook. I know a lot of kids grow up thinking this way, but what I love about my mom is that she still makes a lot of traditional Chinese dishes, even though she’s been a Canadian citizen for over 40 years. She even makes many traditional dishes...
Jul 8, 2012 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
I had a couple of extra days off from work last weekend so I was planning on whipping up a double-batch of banana crumb muffins (after I made them for the first time, there were a lot of complaints from family members who saw the photos and didn’t get to try any...
Jun 27, 2012 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
I had a real “baker” moment last weekend. I woke up and just felt the urge to BAKE something. I’ve never had that feeling before. The problem was I didn’t really have that many ingredients handy…until noticed there were four over-ripe...
Jun 21, 2012 | in the kitchen
A couple of weekends ago, I managed to cross off one of my food resolutions for 2012 – making strawberry freezer jam! I love jam. I’m especially a fan of “berry” jams – raspberry, strawberry – and being able to make my own...
Jun 4, 2012 | desserts & sweets, frozen treats, in the kitchen, recipes
About five years ago, my lovely sister got me a Cuisinart ice cream maker for my birthday after I mentioned that it would be fun to have one. I used it once (to make a mango sorbet) and then put it back into the box where it languished for the next half-decade....
May 18, 2012 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Paul is a huge fan of chocolate-mint flavoured anything, so when I saw this recipe for mint-filled brownie cupcakes in Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes cookbook, I knew I had to give them a try. The ingredients list is nice and short and the recipe is very easy...
May 10, 2012 | in the kitchen, main courses, pasta & noodles, recipes, seafood
Paul and I love pasta – it’s affordable and can be made in so many ways, but we almost always stick to the basic pasta and tomato sauce combination, which is fine (especially since Paul makes a great classic tomato sauce) but once in a while we like to try...
May 7, 2012 | desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Paul had mentioned seeing a cool contraption (I can’t remember the name now) on TV a few weeks ago that made it easy to create little round balls of cake, making cake pops super easy to make. Of course, cake pops are all the rage these days, even...
May 1, 2012 | beyond the kitchen, personal
Hi there! My name is Stephanie – welcome to my food blog, kitchen frolic! My day job is in corporate communications and marketing (in an industry that’s as unrelated to food as you can possibly get), but I’m pretty obsessed with food the rest of the...
