A baking session is such a rarity these days, surprisingly for someone who has been baking since age 8 and has completed the George Brown College bakery arts certification. I whip up something simple: chocolate cookies chockful of cranberries, walnuts, and white chocolate.
I really need to get more kitchen cabinets with the new home design. Baking without removing all my pots from the oven and accessing my blender without balancing all the surrounding gadgetry is a pipe dream of mine. When I first moved into my current condo, the kitchen had no upper cabinets. These homes are designed for the downtown lifestyle (dining out with maybe a bottle of Perrier and some cheese and nibbles in the fridge?), surely not for someone who, along with all the meals out, still likes to put a meal together chez soi. Within months of occupying this space, I had some cabinets built, which made my kitchen a bit more functional, but I drool at the thought of enough kitchen space for easy access to my kitchen ware. I guess it would help if I stop going to William Ashley every year...
I dine with Corinne at an old haunt, Grazie. She, a sometimes hockey player, describes all the nuances of hockey sticks--fascinating! Again my left brain kicks in: the curvature, the reach, the weight--so much to think about when choosing a stick. The ice at Harbourfront Skating Rink has been cleared for the season. I will not face the dilemma of figure skates vs. hockey skates. Nor will I be able to stealthily shoot a few pucks before official rink opening hours. Instead, I consider biking among all the piles of dirty snow.
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