Top of the mornin' to ya, mate! (Is that the right accent?) Today, in celebration of World's Ocean Day, we are taking an adventure to Clare Valley in South Australia - one of the oldest winemaking regions of Australia. Back in 1969, the Taylor family purchased 178 hectares in this region and planted their first … Continue reading An Interview with Justin Taylor of Wakefield Wines | Taylor & Wakefield Wineries of Clare Valley, Australia
5 Books to Hype You Up for Bridgerton Season 2
Historical romances have been my guilty pleasure since high school. Being raised in a very strict Christian home, I would sneakily borrow historical romance books from the library and hide them at the bottom of my backpack. I remember sitting at church with a book hidden between the pages of my Bible absolutely enthralled in … Continue reading 5 Books to Hype You Up for Bridgerton Season 2
Recipe Box: Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding
A few weeks ago, I attended an online cooking session with 3rd generation Australian winemaker, Justin Taylor of Wakefield Wines and Sydney-based chef Guy Turland of Bondi Harvest. In this session, we learned about Wakefield's Estate Shiraz and reserved oak barreling while making Guy's Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding. To be perfectly honest, I had many … Continue reading Recipe Box: Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding
Recipe Box: Chilled Pumpkin Soup
Happy Summer, friends! To keep cool this summer, we have been doing a liiiiiiittle cooking as possible. I've also really enjoyed a lot of cold dishes such as smoked salmon on toast, soba noodles, Korean buckwheat noodles on ice, aaaaaand chilled soups! Today's recipe is my go-to summer soup. It's cool and light for the … Continue reading Recipe Box: Chilled Pumpkin Soup
5 Books to Watch Out For This Spring
Long time no talk, #bookstagram! I haven't posted a round-up in a long time but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy reading. According to my GoodReads, I'm almost at 30 books for the year which is pretty nuts! Because of this, I wanted to share with everyone a few ARCs I've read over the … Continue reading 5 Books to Watch Out For This Spring
Recipe Box: Mochi Doughnuts with Condensed Milk Glaze
Happy 2021, everyone! Typically I would put in a blurb here about my hopes and dreams for 2021 but to be honest, my only hope is that I make it out the other end alive! It's a jungle out there!! Today's post is a #sponsored post. I was asked by Ti Foods to create a … Continue reading Recipe Box: Mochi Doughnuts with Condensed Milk Glaze
100 Nights with Endy (an #EndyPartner post)
This month marks our 100th night sleeping on our Endy mattress! To be honest, it feels like much longer because I'm so used to it now. I first saw Endy on Dragon’s Den where they walked away with three dragon investors. Though rolling a mattress into a vacuum sealed box seems like a good idea … Continue reading 100 Nights with Endy (an #EndyPartner post)
An Interview with Canadian author Kelly Siskind | The Beat Match
Happy Autumn everyone! Against popular opinion, Fall is my favourite season of the year. I love walking around outside to the sound of crunching leaves and the smell of pumpkin spice lattes. Mhmmm I could really use one right now! Today, I am chatting with Canadian author Kelly Siskind on her book The Beat Match … Continue reading An Interview with Canadian author Kelly Siskind | The Beat Match
Recipe Box: Matcha White Chocolate Cookies with Loacker Wafers
Wow! It's been a while since my last post and times sure have changed! The past few months have honestly been such a rollercoaster for me personally and professionally. Sometimes, it's very therapeutic to just roll up your sleeves and bake (as I'm sure the 29387492x people out there baking sour dough have been doing). … Continue reading Recipe Box: Matcha White Chocolate Cookies with Loacker Wafers
An Interview with YA author Alex Light | The Upside of Falling
Back in January, I was sent a copy of The Upside of Falling by Wattpad superstar Alex Light. I have to say, thus far, it has been the best book I've read in 2020 (and I've read 24+!) It made me laugh, it made me cry and it also made me hungry. My favorite aspects … Continue reading An Interview with YA author Alex Light | The Upside of Falling