Here’s a little peek into my favourite spot to spend a sunny summer afternoon. I love hanging out by the pool in my parents’ backyard and all I need is a fun summer book, a thick application of sunscreen and sometimes a bright, fresh cocktail as a treat. On this day my Mom and I read......

  I feel like Kramer right now with his Mackinaw Peaches: Jerry, this is a miracle of nature that exists for a brief period! It’s like the aurora borealis! He’s right, because there’s really only a few more weeks to take advantage of amazing local peaches. I’ve had a huge basket on my counter for the last few......

Last week’s Gastropost mission was to recreate or revisit a food experience that will refresh sunny memories of summers past. I thought a lot about my summers as a kid: basically just unstructured days of riding bikes, swimming, and playing with the gang of kids on my street. And popsicles. Lots of popsicles. This is......

Here’s another first on Planet Byn! I can’t believe this is the first cocktail I’ve posted, especially since I’ve been making Foxy Lady Rhubarb Cocktails for the past two summers! And amazing Watermelon Margaritas! We’ll get to those in the next few months; summer cocktails are the best!...

  At a regular family get-together around here, we usually have 8 grown-ups plus 4 little kids. Until now, one dessert would cut it for everyone, but those days are now over, and this cake is proof....

Danielle, her sister Ashley and I took a lovely drive out into the country on my second day in Calgary. Did we go to look at beautiful scenery? Experience some fresh, crisp Alberta air? Nope, we went for pie....

Peaches bring us to the end of another summer of amazing Ontario fruit. This summer I baked with rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries (some muffins that I didn’t blog about), which brings us to peaches. A couple weeks ago Alexis, Nick and I headed over to the Winona Peach Festival, which is in the tiny town of......