One of the (very) few good things to come out of all the quarantines/lockdowns we’ve had since 2020 is that I finally learned how to cook salmon. Pre-pandemic, I occasionally made tilapia or sole, but never salmon, and I’ve always thought I should be eating more of it for those valuable omega-3s. With cooking so......

It was another month of hibernation over here, so once again, there’s nothing really noteworthy to record. I did order a bubble tea kit from Pluck (pictured above), and while it was a fun project, cooking the tapioca pearls is an annoyingly lengthy process (boil, steep, strain, rinse, store in simple syrup). My friend Jess......

When I’m craving a chocolate chip cookie (OFTEN), I mentally run through the recipes I’ve tried and documented on this here baking blog. So many of them require browning the butter, aging the dough, or sourcing a special ingredient. Most of the time, that leads to exceptional results that are worth the wait. But sometimes,......

There are some celebrity chefs, foodie personalities and bloggers that I love, and I rush to cook or bake whatever I see them make – people like The Barefoot Contessa, Claire Saffitz and of course Smitten Kitchen. But weirdly, there’s another subset of chefs that I love even though I NEVER make any of their......

As mentioned in my January recap, I have been cooking A LOT at home so far this year. I’m trying to remember to take pictures this month though so I can document my faves here. One of my co-workers recommended this recipe back in the times when we used to chat about such things over......

I only left my home once per week in January to go grocery shopping, so there’s nothing that exciting to report this month. And while I didn’t bake anything (except these outstanding Cinnamon Rolls), I cooked every single meal for myself because I thought I could use a break from take-out (and didn’t take pictures......

A full year ago, I woke up with a Cinnamon Roll craving, rolled out of bed and made the only other traditional* Cinnamon Roll recipe on this blog. It’s a Pioneer Woman classic that I hadn’t remade in the ten years since I posted about it**, and I was underwhelmed. This is mostly due my......

Well that escalated quickly. At the beginning of the month I had a calendar full of fun Friendsmas plans, was excited for the holidays and filled with Christmas joy. By the end the month, I was in full pandemic deja vu. Just a couple of things to note this month: In 2019 Jen, Krishna and......

I’ve been off work this week and basically reverted to #lockdownlife while I try not to get sick before Christmas. What better way to pass the time than to make some super fussy cookies? Now, I normally stay away from any type of labour intensive cookies that you have to roll out, cut out, or......

First off, this is a terrible picture. It is not doing justice to the absolute decadence and deliciousness within. I’m blogging it anyway because it was SO GOOD, and I brought it to my last in person gathering before Omicron descended on our lives and the rest of all my Friendsmas plans were cancelled (sad......