Now that it is dark and cold, I feel like baking all the time. Bread, muffins, cookies, cakes…and cupcakes. Matcha is a fine grade of powdered green tea, and here Ryan and I incorporated a few tablespoons of precious matcha into rich cupcakes. To increase the matcha intensity, we also added a tablespoon of matcha to […]
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DIY: Cinnamon Oatmeal Bath Powder
This quick, easy and budget-friendly powder is a great addition to your bath – it’ll leave you smelling like dessert! The oats will make your bathwater milky and moisturizing, and the baking soda is soothing to your skin. To prevent your bathtub drain from getting clogged with porridge, put the mixture in a little cheesecloth […]
Canadian Design: Alanna Cavanagh’s Prints
Alanna Cavanagh is a Toronto-based artist whose illustrations are available as silkscreen prints, artist proofs, or greeting cards. Her work has been featured all over, from the New York Times to a Toronto condo development near where I work. The drawings themselves seem to be loose line drawings that have a carefree feeling. I especially […]
DIY: Lacy Grey Crocheted Cowl and Free Pattern
Our mom taught Tomiko and me to crochet way back when we were kids. I was just seven or so and I wanted to crochet a blanket for one of my dolls. I was just trying to make a rectangle in single crochet stitches, but I was having issues – what I made instead was […]
The Year in Books: December with I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita
In December,I am more closely looking at I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita. I first read about macarons when I was devouring food blogs back in university, around 2006/2007. They seemed to be a mysterious, legendary delicacy that I had no hopes of finding in the small university town of Guelph. Fast forward to today, you […]