I’ve talked before about how I’m not really a soup person, so I won’t bother airing my grievances again here. Well, just this one thing*: I’m not one of these people who can eat a bowl of soup for lunch and be content for the afternoon. I’ll be hungry an hour later for sure. I......
Happy New Year to all! I always talk about my favourite posts of the past year and food goals for this year during my blog-iversary in February, so instead I’ll tell you about the one major, life-changing resolution happening on Planet Byn. For 2013, I have resolved to do all the dishes before I go......
Welcome to The 3rd Annual Champagne & Cookies Christmas Party recap! This year was basically an even split between treats I’ve made before that I know are delicious, and some risks that didn’t really work out as expected. Nevertheless, it was great night of food and friends, and a reminder to slow down and chill......
The classic version of this blossom-style cookie is a peanut butter cookie with a chocolate Hershey Kiss in the middle. For some unknown reason, I haven’t made those cookies in about 8 years (I remember bringing them to my brother and sister-in-law’s Christmas party pre-nephew) but *SPOILER ALERT* they are currently chilling in my freezer......
Although I’m obsessed with the S’mores flavour profile (marshmallows + chocolate + graham), the same can’t be said about the whole Rocky Road thing (marshmallows + chocolate + nuts). No logical explanation for that really; I’ve just never really been drawn to Rocky Road recipes. Until this one! I’ve had these squares bookmarked (and now......
Yes! It’s here! It’s COOKIE SEASON! Pretzel M&Ms have been bought, butter is being hoarded, and things are about to get real in my kitchen. As per our yearly tradition, Danielle and I have been swapping ideas for a few weeks now, and we debated our choices in a Google chat on the weekend, as......
Last week I made a Rainbow Cake for my friend Tatiana’s daughter’s birthday party, and she asked if she could write a guest blog post about it. I know my friends and family get excited when I bake, but I’ve never read something that articulated the feeling quite like this. I got a little emotional......
Are you Team Coffee or Team Tea? That was the question posed to Gastroposters last week, in the ultimate battle of warm beverages. It took me a minute to choose a side, and here’s what I had to say: My hot beverage of choice is Vanilla Rooibos Tea, but if I have to choose, I’m Team Coffee......
As I mentioned the other day, the most anticipated item from my Trader Joe’s haul was Cookie Butter. Everything I heard and read about it had me super excited and curious about the magic that would be unleashed when I cracked open a jar. First, let me try my best to describe Cookie Butter: it......
Trader Joe’s was a mystery to me when I started reading food blogs back in 2008. I figured it was just a grocery store and kept living my life. Nothing to get worked up about right? Wrong! The more I read about it, and the different treats and products you could get there, the more......