It’s been a few years since my last trip to Vegas, and I was super excited to go back for a few days this month for my birthday! Restaurants on the strip turn over so frequently, so there’s always lots of new places to check out. Here’s a recap of all the outstanding eats from […]

This month was a little hectic what with travelling for my birthday, plus prepping for another quick trip right after, so I didn’t get around to too much cooking or baking in the free time that I did have. Here’s a quick recap of a few fun highlights from the month: As I mentioned in […]

I almost bailed on this week’s recipe as it’s well known around this blog that I don’t like citrus desserts, especially those that are tart and creamy at the same time. But I’ve committed to making the last 10 recipes on our Baked Sunday Mornings schedule, so here we are! My other motivating factor was […]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: January is the saddest month for a baker. No one is interested in eating treats so it’s a quiet month for baking, plus my winter hibernation tendencies start to kick in. Here are a few noteworthy things that happened: Every year my friend Krishna hosts a […]

This year was the TENTH Champagne & Cookies Party! I can’t believe I’ve been hosting this celebration since 2010! In a special twist this year, I relinquished cookie selection to five of my friends who’ve been around since the very first C&C. I asked them to choose their favourite treat from parties past, I picked […]

This December flew by in a haze of work presentations, holiday parties, volunteering and wrapping gifts. Here’s how 2019 finished up for me: Nicole took me to an event at the Hot Docs Cinema to see one of her culinary obsessions, Alison Roman. I’m not quite sure how I didn’t know about her before this, […]

This post has nothing to do with baking, and everything to do with Whitney Houston. Just a warning up front. Sometime before Christmas, I read somewhere (can’t remember where) about how Terry McMillan had written a sequel to her book Waiting to Exhale, which I read about 10 years ago. I thought I should re-read […]

Well, it couldn’t all be smooth sailing as we made it to the end of our Baked journey. This week’s recipe for Coconut Snowball Cupcakes was kind of a bust for me. I decided to tackle the Baked boys’ notoriously fussy cooked frosting one last time, even though it hasn’t worked for me in the […]

Just a few quick posts today to log some of my baking projects from last week. Nicole’s parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary (amazing) and I made these cookie favours for everyone to take home from their party.  I based them on the Royal Wedding Cookies I made (holy cow, exactly a year ago! Happy 1st Anniversary […]

In some ways, it feels like just yesterday that Lydia and I were frolicking through Manhattan at Christmastime. It’s actually been five years though, which means it was time for us to go back! Based on recommendations from my friend Nicole, a running list on my Notes app, and inspiration from Deb‘s Instagram stories, these […]

It’s time to talk about my birthday cake for this year! Even though this year was a big birthday number for me (that shall not be named, how dare you), I actually needed to keep my cake relatively quick and simple instead of going all out. For the first time that I can remember, Thanksgiving […]

When you invite people over at 5am to watch the Royal Wedding, you better provide some good eats to make the visit worthwhile. Yes, I am one of those people who booked April 29th off work way back in November when Prince William & Kate’s wedding date was announced. My Mom, her friend Janet, and […]

November went by in a blur after getting back from a weekend trip to New York (more on that coming soon) to start it off. Here are a couple special things worth mentioning: Krishna organized a little birthday drinks night for me and Weedy at a couple of new-ish places.  First up was Mascot, which […]

June 13, 2018 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing It’s official. I’ve reached the end of the internet when it comes to rhubarb recipes. I was waiting for Smitten Kitchen to post something new this year, but nothing popped up, so maybe she feels the same way. The very first rhubarb recipe I posted was in the […]