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 first year of Planet Byn, back in......
I’m conditioned to think that May 1 is the beginning of summer because of the way my university terms were structured, and I definitely felt a lightness in my spirit this month after a depressing spring. This month was centred around my trip to New Orleans, but there were a couple foodie outings back here......
I’m so obsessed with Harry & Meghan I don’t even know where to begin. When the news first broke that they were together, I was like, what? That girl from Suits? But with encouragement from my friend Krishna, I opened my heart to this royal romance and was so excited for their wedding. Kristine was once......
When it was time to plan the foodie agenda for our trip to New Orleans, there were only two things I knew we had to have: beignets and po’boys. Everything else I learned from the New Orleans section on Joy’s blog, Bon Appetit’s city guide, and some additional googling. Here’s the best of what we ate......
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 my laptop to my......
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 Chipotle Cheddar Biscuits way back in......
I was so focused on my friend’s Wedding Cake for the first half of the month, and then recovering after it was over, that I really didn’t get up to much else. I do, however, have three pizza related items to discuss: We had TWO Pizza Club Book Clubs this month, since we missed the one......
When my friend’s sister asked me to make her wedding cake at the end of last year, my first thought was ABSOLUTELY NOT. It seemed like it was too much pressure, plus I had never made a tiered cake before, and I thought this was just something best left to professionals. Then I talked to......
And now presenting my favourite baking project so far in 2018: Chocolate Babka! I know I’m not the only person who first learned about Babka from Seinfeld (“You can’t beat a babka!”), and was reintroduced to it when I started reading Smitten Kitchen ten years ago. It’s a yeasted bread with a rich chocolate filling that......
A few years ago, I was invited to a YEASTER party, and had such a good time that I knew one day I would steal this idea for a celebration of my own! I was sort of boycotting all Easter gatherings this year due to a stressful time in my work life, so the timing was......