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    About

    Hi! I'm Gail - the food photographer and recipe developer behind Teak & Thyme. I'm based in rainy but beautiful Vancouver, BC, where I was born and raised but serve the food community online everywhere.

    Being a creative soul my whole life, I fell in love with photography early on in high school. My visual brain and weird sleeping habits led to late nights playing with Photoshop as a teenager.

    Determined to own my first big girl camera to document a high school trip to Europe, I saved up $300 and met up with a random guy from Craigslist in a bookstore Starbucks, and bought my very first Nikon DSLR. I didn't go anywhere without my camera after that and the rest is history.

    Being someone with a major sweet tooth who always has room for dessert, I fell into the food photography and food blogging world shortly afterwards. After all, it is the most logical combination of my two passions in life - photography and food. And I wouldn't have it any other way. What started as a personal and vegetarian food blog in my early days eventually turned into this resource for all things desserts, baking, and photography.

    girl standing in front of kitchen
    girl holding paddle of stand mixer with batter dripping off

    Teak & Thyme is a baking & dessert blog where you will find recipes for all kinds of desserts and drinks. I love to create beautiful and delicious desserts that will make you forget about going out for dessert because you know you can make better at home. You! With your hands! And a bit of time, patience, and practice!

    When I'm not busy in my kitchen testing my next recipe, you can find me snuggled up on the couch as a blanket burrito and sipping on an oolong milk tea with boba pearls OR I'll be out in the mountains looking for the perfect view to photograph. There's no in-between.

    Girl in yellow jacket sitting in front of mountain and lake view.
    Girl in yellow jacket standing in front of a waterfall.

    More about me:

    • My Myers-Briggs personality type is INTP and I'm an Enneagram 5w4
    • I have a BSc in Biology with a concentration in Cell Biology & Physiology
    • My favourite animals are bunnies, whales, and sloths (in that order)
    • If I could have any other job in the world, I'd probably be a wildlife photographer
    • I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. I grew up reading the books - they saved and shaped me and will forever be an important part of my life.
    • My favourite foods are noodles, sushi, and fruits
    • I could sleep for 14 hours a day if I didn't have any life obligations
    • I've travelled to 22 countries so far. My favourites are Japan, Iceland, and South Africa.

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    Girl standing in front of kitchen.

    Hi, I'm Gail! I'm a Chinese-Canadian girl with a major sweet tooth. I make desserts, baked goods, and drinks inspired by French pastries, twists on classics, and flavours from my Asian background. I hope your second stomach is hungry!

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    Popular Recipes

    • A slice of ube cheesecake lifted from the rest of the cheesecake.
      Ube Cheesecake
    • A slice of pandan coconut cake in front of half of a cake in the background.
      Pandan Coconut Cake
    • Strawberry matcha latte with green and pink layers in a glass
      Strawberry Matcha Latte
    • Soju yakult cocktail in a glass with soju bottle in the background and yakult in the foreground.
      Soju Yakult Cocktail

    Recent Posts

    • A bowl of honeydew sago pudding with honeydew melon balls on top.
      Honeydew Sago
    • Two white rabbit ice cream cones standing up in glasses.
      White Rabbit Ice Cream
    • A mango charlotte cake on a plate with a ring of ladyfingers on the outside.
      Mango Charlotte Cake
    • Lifting a slice of matcha basque cheesecake from the rest of the cake.
      Matcha Basque Cheesecake

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