May 20, 2018 Baked Sunday Mornings Now that my wedding cake experience is over, I hope to have a bit more baking time to get back into the swing of Baked Sunday Mornings! I may go back and post a few things to catch up, but for now, consider this my first recipe back. I made these […]

June 26, 2014 Cocktails Summer has arrived in all it’s hot, humid, sweaty glory. After complaining all winter about the polar vortex, I have vowed to embrace this summer, and any time where I start to complain about something heat related, I flash back to every freaking layer of clothing I had to put on […]

May 22, 2018 Travel Way back in 2011, Joy the Baker and Tracy Shutterbean hosted a retreat in Palm Springs called Homefries U. It was named after their podcast that I listened to every week. This was before I had an iPhone, so when I say I listened to it, I mean I would drag […]

October 24, 2017 Muffins & Scones I know there’s no topic more boring than the weather, but it’s really messing up my baking vibes this Fall. This should be the time of year where crisp, cool breezes are coming through my open windows, a pumpkin-scented candle is burning, and I’m happily in the kitchen baking […]

December 31, 2016 Monthly Recaps December was busy as usual this year: baking cookies, going to work parties, and bringing cardboard boxes to the recycling room because I did 95% of my Christmas shopping online. Here’s the foodie fun I fit in around all that: December was made so much more joyful for me because […]

April 6, 2011 Bread Here are the biscuits that I brought to Alexis and Nick to go along with their Carrot Ginger Soup. Biscuits are the kind of thing that once you get a knack for it, are easy to make, and also completely adaptable. For this recipe, you could add chives or green onions, maybe […]

October 26, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings This is it! Our last recipe from Baked Elements! I only joined in on this book about a year ago, but because of the expedited baking schedule of the last five months, have been able to make about half of the recipes. I’ll do a little recap below of […]

July 19, 2018 Salads We all know that I’m super picky when it comes to food, but did you know there’s one particular thing that I LOVE, but that I refuse to eat in public? That’s Corn-on-the-Cob, my friends. I just can’t deal. The only place I’ll eat it is at my parents’ house, because […]

August 2, 2018 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing Do you remember the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I totally remember reading this as a kid, and it still holds up today, because it’s one of my friend Francis Levi’s favourite books! Francis’ mom, my friend Nicole, asked me to make a Brown […]

I’m about halfway through my re-introduction phase, and all is well so far! I’ve still been cooking a lot, but nothing really that exciting (until I got to tomatoes!). I thought I’d just post some links to some recipes I tried throughout the first couple weeks: Dairy: Pioneer Woman’s Pasta with Bacon & Mushrooms. Used turkey bacon, […]

March 19, 2018 Appetizers Back in the early years of Planet Byn, I used to blog extensively about my Golden Globes and Oscar meals. I haven’t really done that lately, especially since my friends have been requesting the same dinner for the past two or three years now. This past Oscar Sunday, I actually remembered […]

February 15, 2010 Chicken & Turkey Do you have certain dishes that you make so regularly, you just assume everyone else eats them all the time too? That’s how I ended up in Lydia & Andrew’s kitchen last summer teaching them how to make Sweet Pototo Wedges.  Lydia claimed that she couldn’t make them. Um, huh?  Scrub, […]

May 19, 2019 Baked Sunday Mornings Even though I’ve had Baked: New Frontiers in Baking for about 10 years, I’ve never even thought about making these Honeycomb Bars. Something about all those almonds and dried cherries just never appealed to me. But that’s the fun of Baked Sunday Mornings! Not only making things you’ve been […]

January 11, 2017 Pies, Tarts & Pudding I’ve seen this recipe for Salty Honey Pie on so many blogs over the past few years, and have always been intrigued by it. It sounded kind of weird, but kind of like Crack Pie, but also maybe like a butter tart with honey instead of corn syrup. […]