hi there! the name’s colleen. i’m a nineteen twenty 21 year old pharmacy student born and raised (close to) vancouver, canada. my interest in food & baking sparked when i was young… while other kids were watching arthur or whatever, i was watching sugar. so far, my interest has been pretty low-key– no ambitious cook book dreams or apprenticeships with chefs. this blog allows me to live my food dream, and is a much needed creative outlet in my very science focused student life. i can’t promise that i’ll be the greatest of writers or the most brilliant of bakers… but i’m just excited to be able to share everything with you guys.
life food goals
- get a reservation at the french laundry
- successfully make croissants/laminated dough
- go to pastry school. just for fun.
lovely foods
- chai
- earl gray
- marzipan/frangipane/almonds
- curry
- anything that’s spicy enough to make you cry
- salted caramel
- eggplant
- banana bread
- seafood
- freshly juiced pomegranate
- haagen dazs coffee ice cream
- black sesame
- dim sum
- peanut butter
- this doughnut. my word.
foods i can’t stand
- sea cucumbers
- seaweed
- kelp
- potatoes/yams/starchy vegetables
places i hold dear to my heart
- vancouver seawall
- the louvre
- paris cafés (cliche, but hey.)
- poznan
- bavarian alps
- hong kong
places to go
- denmark
- the shire
- amazon rainforest
- great barrier reef
- southern france
- african safari
- okay fine, the whole world.
favourite things
- running by the ocean
- hiking & mountains
- dogs (esp. shiba inus & golden retrievers)
- prints by rifle paper co.
- the abbreviation “co.”
- fairy lights
- beautiful penmanship
- monet’s prints on umbrellas
- the shape of stag antlers
- floral things
- perfectly frosted cakes with even layers
- being nostalgic
- minimalist designs
- scratchy pens with smooth ink
- anything you see on misshapenheart (yes, shameless plug)
not so favourite things
- awkward situations
- awkward social situations
- bugs + spiders of all sizes and shapes
- sea cucumbers
- getting confused by maps
- wearing jewelry
- how barnacles look
- how tapioca balls look
- putting on makeup and skincare
- lies and bad excuses
- christmas shopping
