My sister's birthday was back in September and she chose Earl Grey as her birthday cupcake flavour and I was

Growing up in a Chinese household, I ate rice. A LOT of rice. Plain white rice. Every day. Every single day. S

Paul is a HUGE fan of Cherry Coke. Actually, he's a huge fan of Cherry Coke, Cherry Coke Zero, Vanilla Coke an

For Thanksgiving (which we celebrate in October here in Canada), Paul's family always gets together for a big

I wasn't all that surprised when Paul's brother, Mike, chose "beer" as his birthday cupcake flavour - Mike is

The second recipe that I created for #bakingwithmackays isn't technically "baking", but who could say no to ic

Green peas are currently in season here in Ontario and we recently bought some “just picked” peas from a r

My mother-in-law chose "lemon pudding" as her birthday cupcake flavour, which really put my mind into a tailsp

Ever since our honeymoon in Hawaii many years ago, Paul and I have always been partial to mahi-mahi. Also know

Paul makes awesome burgers. Seriously awesome burgers. One of his secrets is to add some "moisture" ingredient

Paul and I make our own tomato sauce all the time - in fact, we've never purchased tomato sauce before and we

One of our favourite discoveries when we travelled to Rome for the first time last year was the Tazza d’Oro,

Pink peppercorns look like regular peppercorns and have a peppery flavour, but are not actually related to reg

Sriracha is a hot sauce originating from Thailand that's essentially a paste of chili peppers, distilled water

Several months ago, I connected with Erin, the mastermind behind foodiepages.com - an "online farmer's market"

I have always loved the saucy goodness of butter chicken. Especially on a bed of rice. There's just something

Paul and I love doing stir-fry - it's quick, healthy and uses up any random meats or vegetables that we have h

I love veal scaloppine (even though I have trouble spelling scaloppine) so when I saw the Mushroom Marsala sau

Merry Christmas Eve! Well, here we are - the very last day of the Cookie Advent Calendar! This has been an ama

For our Christmas getogethers, I wanted to bake a cookie that incorporated peppermint, since that's one of the

Missy Maki is one busy lady! Not only does she work full-time, she also writes a beautiful food blog AND hosts

Ange is awesome. Not only does she have an amazing food blog that makes me want to move to BC, but I think she

Whenever I want to feel inspired, I head over to the Iron Whisk blog. Filled with drool-worthy desserts, I alw

I cannot thank Jen enough for being the one who sent me and Paul to our first Toronto Underground Market back

One of the best things about learning to be better cooks in the kitchen is that Paul and I have been eating a

Stephanie and I have a lot in common (besides our name) but she'll fill you in on that. We've moved our chats

Although I didn't have any requests as to the type of cookies people submitted to the Advent Calendar, when I

You know how once in a while you and a co-worker manage to become friends, great friends, outside of the wor

Paul first made these cookies a few years ago and I'm glad he doesn't make them too often since I can't stop e

Besides being one of the sweetest people I have had the pleasure to meet on Twitter, Linda has a beautiful blo

I "met" Shannon on Twitter when we connected over chats about the Toronto Underground Market. Unfortunately, I

I honestly don't remember when I first stumbled onto Nicole's lovely blog, Miss Friday's Feast, but I was inst

Confession time - I have never made an oven roast. Never. I've "kind of" made a pot roast (usually, Paul makes

Christine is one of my favourite Twitter friends and I'm happy to share her cookie recipe today. Christine and

I chose to try this cookie recipe because of one word: "lime". Paul loves lime-flavoured treats so I figured t

I've only recently met Lindsay through Twitter, but considering she just submitted a shortbread cookie with Eg