On Thursday, June 2nd I had the pleasure of attending the Nadege Creme Glacee Soiree to celebrate the opening of their brand new ice-cream shop! If you guys are in Toronto you need to pay a visit to the Queen West Location (370 Queen West). Unlike Italian Gelato, this ice-cream shop follows the French style…
Category: Burgers & French
The Gooiest Grilled Cheese
Alright, ladies and gentleman, I am here to reveal to you the secret to the best-grilled cheese. We are talking a drool-worthy, Papa Mumford classic recipe. Grilled cheese is simple, easy and when done right a surprisingly down to earth crowd pleaser! Everyone loves comfort food! Let’s start with the bread: Any sliced bread will…
My Grocery Staples
Food. It’s pretty much what I think about all day, every day. I do think about other things, but my friends can attest that I get more excited about food than I do about being asked on a date. Avocadoes – Avocado toast all day every day. With a little salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar…
The Yearly Round Up
It’s January 1st, I’ll be 21 in exactly 31 days, and I’ve been Hungry and Well Dressed for five months and a week. To get things started to my family, those who I see once a month, twice a year or once every few years I’m lucky I have you. Through our dysfunctionality, functionality and…
Blogmas Day 14: Christmas Gift Ideas for Her
While I love shopping for others but sometimes I just don’t know what to get so #teaminternet comes to the rescue and gift guides save me. For the Home Owner: Anthropologie is a sure bet to win, with cute little trinkets you can always find something new and a little bit quirky that they are…
Blogmas Day 12: Shortbread Cravings
I am seriously so behind… my last two exams have been killing me. To compensate here is my 5 ingredient, very very addictive, shortbread cookies. Shout out to mom, dad and Lindsey for helping me eat my way through the last batch. Ingredients: 1 cup of butter, softened 3/4 cup icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla…
Blogmas Day 6: Saving R2D2
It’s Sunday!!A little shout out to the PR team of CAISA Fashion Show for making me laugh all day, best team! In the spirit of exams, the team came over to study but that really means we order far too much sushi and baked *burnt* Pillsbury cookies. They are deceptively easy cookies, you think ok,…
Laduree in Washington Square Park
Laduree the iconic French Patisserie known for it’s macaroons and (less commonly known) for their amazing iced coffee was a stop I had to make while in NYC. On a class field trip to Soho with our teacher Joan, she wanted us to shop around and get ideas for our final project. While walking along…
Fresh Steamed Sponge Cake
Ma Lai Gao or Sponge Cake is a quintessential component of the life and childhood times of me. Having canvassed various dim sum cart ladies to bring me a centre piece of delicious, fluffy yellow cake heaven throughout my formative years I, more accurately my dad, have learned to make the coveted recipe. Recipe 1…
Eggs Benedict According to Steph
When I was around 9 or 10 years old my dad taught me how to make hollandaise sauce. I don’t know if he taught me because he was tired of making Sunday brunch alone or if he taught me because I would always sit on the counter next to him while he made me breakfast…