Egg Cookies

There was so much fun baking to do this month with St. Patrick’s Day and Easter falling within a week or so of each other. It was a busy time in and out of the kitchen, and here’s what went down:

  • I surprised my friend Carole at The Depanneur, where she was hosting a drop in dinner. This is such a fun feature that The Dep puts on, where Toronto cooks can take over for the night and showcase their skills. Tasty G and I popped in and ate Carole’s delicious Beef Kofte wraps. She also had a trio of Mediterranean dips and cardamom rice pudding for dessert, but as we had to go to Cafeteria for drinks and snacks while waiting for space to free up at The Dep, we didn’t have room for either. Awesome job Mama Shack! I can’t wait for the next one, and I’m dying to be your sous chef for the night!
  • I’m a total novice when it comes to the concept of all-you-can-eat sushi. Everyone knows I don’t do raw fish, so I’m never invited to these escapades. However, my friend Alexis’ daughter chose August 8 for her big 5th birthday lunch, so I got to experience this for the first time. It was kind of funny to watch the pros do their ordering, and work their way through their set ritual of courses. I kind of just tried a bit of everything and tried to keep up (still didn’t eat any sashimi though).
  • Kristine threw a baby shower for her sister and I baked all the treats for it! I’m going to do a separate post on this, but everything turned out amazing and I was so happy!
  • After stalking XO Bisous on Instagram since they opened, I finally dropped in to check it out. I had a choux pastry ball filled with a milk chocolate pastry cream and it was hands-down the best treat I have eaten thus far this year.
  • Medium ashamed to admit I went back to Cactus Club for lunch with my fave girl gang from work and god help me, we tried this butternut squash and prawn ravioli and it was delicious.
  • I closed out the month with another visit to Barrio Coreano! This time I tried the Bulgogi Shrimp El Diablo and Braised Short Rib tacos and another Chicken Kampungki taco which was my favourite from last time.

Other non-foodie things I was obsessed with this month:

  • Finished reading the 6th and 7th Harry Potter books, and watched Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part I & II for the first time since seeing them in the theatre in 2010 & 2011. So amazing. I’m now fully prepped and ready for the script of Harry Potter & the Cursed Child coming this summer.
  • I started watching Suits on Netflix after basically everyone in my life has expressed to me how much they love it (Kristine, Lydia, Sarah). It’s true, I love it too.
  • I entered a March Madness pool for the first time in years and it was super fun to follow along for the first two weekends, although there’s no way I’m going to win. UNC was my pick to win and they’re the only Final Four team I picked correctly, so we’ll see what happens!

Flashback!