BA in Vancouver

This year for my birthday I decided to do something special for myself – to take a class in chocolate-making! I think the term “chocolate making” is a little deceptive. If you are in the chocolate industry to ‘make’ chocolate is to take it from the plant, extract the bean, roast, pulverize and blend. However, […]

I haven’t had a lot of time to bake or cook recently – our family recently adopted a dog! This is our family’s first dog – her name is Koi and she’s an 8 yr old Shiba Inu and totally adorable and cute! The Mothership is her primary carer and Koi lives with her. The […]

I’m trying to maximize every sunny evening by getting out the BBQ and grilling! I know I will really miss it when October and November roll around and it gets chilly by 7pm. Ah, those summer nights. I suppose this summer I have really attacked grilling big pieces of meat. Big. Pieces. Of meat. Which […]

After months of dreaming of this idea and procrastinating – it’s finally done! My ice cream labels! I had wanted to do custom labels and containers for a while now. I finally sourced a great company that sells small quantities of cardboard pints (Sweet Bliss Containers) and it was really up to me to  make […]

Ever had one of those weeks that practically crawl by? Mine was the complete opposite! So much seemed to happen and in such little time – and I still had things I wanted to do! As a result, a lot of my dinners were crammed into pockets of the evening – usually between the gym […]

Haha, it’s Thursday and I just realized that I might not have included any photos in the last post. I tried to snap a few during the process too.  My pie post-press. I had to go around and crimp the edges with a fork anyway. Those lattice holes? Not easy to remove. My new tortilla […]