Straight from the bookshelf of my great-auntie (the same one who gifted us my favourite blueberry muffin recipe) is an even simpler recipe for cutout shortbread cookies! With just three ingredients (four if you add the optional chocolate) these buttery cookies are perfect for creating fun cookie shapes with your favourite cookie cutters and are […]

To me, cookbooks belong on that list of things you can never have too many of… alongside shoes, bags, perfume, boxes of cards, notebooks, bottles of wine… to name a few. On that note, below I am sharing the cookbooks on my shelf that I not only adore but also often refer to when baking.  […]

Know what pairs really well with a favourite drink and doesn’t contain any calories? A fresh set of nails! On that note, I am sharing some of my favourite classic nude manicure looks, from my Pinterest board. Initially I had written this roundup as an inspiration source for fall and winter manicure looks. However, most […]

I may get walk-in-closet-excited about a white kitchen pantry (butler’s or walk-in, I don’t discriminate) with floor-to-ceiling shelving, to keep all ingredients and bakeware happily organized and within reach. If a well designed kitchen is an ice cream sundae, then I like to think that the pantry is the whipping cream and cherry on top. […]