Like so many people out there, I am on a quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. And by perfect I mean chewy, chock-full of chocolate chips, and soft. Unfortunately, I’ve had some bad starts before I finally discovered the secret to the perfect chocolate chip cookie: slightly underbaking them. I know, it sounds too easy…
Review: The Finishing Touches
In Hester Browne’s The Finishing Touches, Betsy is only a few days old when she’s abandoned on the steps of The Academy, a modern day finishing school. There she is taken in by Lady Frances, who takes care of her as her own. Fast forward twenty seven years and Betsy is an accomplished young woman, with…
Blog Anniversary and Giveaway!
Hi guys! So in honour of this blog’s anniversary, I’ve decided to hold a giveaway! Technically, I think my blog’s anniversary was sometime in June, but because of vacation mayhem, I kind of forgot about it and just remembered it recently. I can’t believe it’s been a year! Check out my first few posts here,…
Recipe: One Bowl Brownies
I’m in love. It sounds cheesy, but when it happened, it was exactly like they described in books and in movies. When our eyes first met, in that brief second, my heart melted into a puddle. It was love at first sight and I was smitten. I never thought it would happen, but happen it…
Review: Juliet
In Anne Fortier’s Juliet, Julie Jacobs, a young American woman, loves Shakespeare’s iconic play and knows it by heart. But she never imagined that she herself is related to the iconic tragic lover. It is only when her aunt dies that Juliet, or rather Giulietta, learns the truth of her past as she is sent to…