In Japan, matcha is used to flavour so many foods, from soft-serve ice cream, Kit Kat bars, and Pocky to Swiss roll cakes and mochi. However, I’ve never had a matcha-flavoured blondie until Ryan whipped some up! Ryan’s baking specialty is blondies, and recently he surprised us with one of our favourite flavours – matcha. Matcha is […]
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Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
Lemons and poppyseeds go so well together, which is why you find them together in foods ranging from salad dressings to muffins. These muffins are fluffy, have a citrus tang and the popping crunch of poppyseeds. What’s not to love? This recipe makes some really big muffins, so if you want, you can also put […]
Toronto Eats: Afternoon Tea at the Old Mill Inn
Last Sunday, we took our cousin’s 6-year-old daughter to afternoon teatime at the Old Mill Inn. They don’t live in Toronto, so riding the subway and going to a fancy hotel for a dainty, civilized afternoon tea was very exciting for our little guest. Of course, Tomiko and I never pass up an opportunity to […]
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DIY: Crocheted Coffee Cozy and Free Pattern
This coffee cozy is made from leftover yarn that couldn’t be made into any large significant project. I used a cheap acrylic that could be washed, as I knew this coffee cozy would eventually have coffee stains on it. This is a quick and simple project for a quiet afternoon indoors.
Dark Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Chips
These dark chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips are crisp around the edges but delightfully chewy in the middle. The cookies are so dark because of the significant amount of cocoa powder added. The white chocolate chips added a nice contrast to the black cookie dough. And Ryan and I threw in some butterscotch chips as […]