A Thanksgiving Friendsgiving
This time last year, Mike and I had just returned from our trip to the Amalfi Coast. We landed home and the sickness hit; we were both ridden with colds […]
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Strawberry Macarons + Kitties
For every friend I have that is a dog lover, I have one that is a cat lover. Though I own neither, I always thought I would be a dog […]
Elderflower Macarons
I hadn’t baked macarons in quite some time and with Toronto’s notorious summer humidity, I was extremely nervous to even attempt but, what better a reason to bite the bullet […]
A Cake fit for a Dead Head
This marks my first 2-tiered cake and my first encounter with The Grateful Dead [TGD] outside of pints of Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice-cream. My friend was in the […]
FBS: a bake escape
It was as though the second Mike and I set foot back into the city from the cottage [after labour day long weekend], we stepped straight into a whirlwind of […]
THE OFF SEASON: the long weekend + pizza
Labour day long weekend is usually the Julian calendar marker for the end of summer. I don’t believe [or refuse to believe] that summer is over just yet, but if […]
THE OFF SEASON: Olympic Obsessions
And just like that, my 2 week love affair, that was 4 years in the making, was over. My tear ducts that have been dried from moments of heartbreak, perseverance, […]
THE OFF SEASON: a summer roast
It all started with a question about roast followed by a bouquet of fresh basil. “Should I make a roast for dinner or is that only a dish you make […]
she sells sea shells
PROGRESS REPORT completed –weeks 1 to 2: fibreglass cast + crutches | non weight bearing –weeks 3 to 5: air cast + crutches knee scooter | non weight bearing -week 6: farewell […]
THE OFF SEASON: cast + crutches + garlic
I had been cooped up all week, working from my couch, with a perfect window view of the outdoors. I was close enough to see it but too far to […]
SO IT'S SUNDAY 