Shawarma is one of the primary joys in my life and I was excited at the prospect of replicating it at home when I saw this recipe on the (oddly named) Plays Well With Butter blog. Obviously I knew I’d never be able to match the happiness of watching chicken shawarma get sliced off a......

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......