I was so, so excited to be featured as the Mission Inspiration for this week’s Gastropost Berry Delicious Mission! My passion/obsession for local Ontario fruit just gets stronger every year, and even though it’s hard to pick a favourite, I think strawberries come out on top! Here’s what I had to say: I wait all......
I really want to be on top of my popsicle game this summer. Many people have lofty summer goals to hike things, and bike places, etc. etc. and I basically just want to make delicious frozen treats all summer long. I just went through Planet Byn’s Frozen category, and it’s looking like I’ve posted one......
I’ve just passed the one-year mark at my new job, and in some ways it still feels like I just started, but in others it feels like I’ve been there forever. One of my new co-workers has two super cute little boys and asked me to make their birthday cakes this summer. The first one......
Like many Canadians, I was introduced to the Black & White Cookie by way of Seinfeld. (Other notable food from the show: babka, Jujyfruits, marble rye and of course, soup.) The Baked boys note that the Black & White cookie is the quintessential New York City cookie. Sadly, the first one I ate was not......
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......
Whenever my birthday falls on a weekday, I take the day off. I’ve been doing this for a while, but now thanks to Tom Haverford, this day is now known as Treat Yo Self Day. Instead of fragrances, mimosas and fine leather goods, this year I treated myself to a pedicure and a facial, where......
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......
In the Spring when I made Butterscotch Cream Pie again for Easter, I was reminiscing about a dessert Mom made when we were little that we called Skor Bar Dessert. Mom found the recipe for me (actual name: Toffee Bar Crunch Pie), and it’s made with vanilla instant pudding and a big ol’ tub of......
I have very fond memories of my bowling birthday parties back in the 80s. Everyone has had a bowling birthday party, right? Good times! Kristine’s little nephew had his birthday party a few weeks ago, and I made the cake. I was pretty excited, what with my new found cake carving skills. I did a bit......