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christmas cinnamon buns
i was away for the holidays, celebrating in the boston area with my boyfriend and his family. during that time we were in the process of transferring the website onto a new server and working out the kinks inherent in any major shift. if you’ve experienced problems with the site, just hold in there, all [...]
vote for my cookies – help me win a KitchenAid mixer!
i put together my recent recipe for maple cookies with marmalade glaze to submit to the Yummly Holiday Cookie Contest, but while i was at it i also submitted all of my previous christmas cookie recipes. i don’t normally even enter contests, but i want to win very badly because the prize is a brand [...]
farmers’ market find: the amazing jujube
the jujube is truly a special fruit. in its fresh form it’s often called a chinese apple, which you can find in season for only about a month and a half, right about…now. it starts a pale green color and turns a golden brown. the green versions are a little more juicy and the brown [...]
i’ve been busy…
i haven’t been posting the past few weeks not because i haven’t been cooking, i’ve just been too exhausted to pick up my camera or edit the photos i already took or write up the recipes i already made. it’s been so god-awfully hot here in LA the past few weeks, i have great [...]
pupcake: the cupcake for dogs!
we don’t know how old angie is exactly. when we adopted her some people thought she was a little under a year, some thought a little over, so we decided the day we took her home would serve as her birthday. this year on august 2nd we celebrated her 2nd birthday and 1st anniversary of [...]
farmers’ market find: yellow watermelon!
summer is a beautiful time at the market. people come out of the woodwork for fresh produce like heirloom tomatoes, stone fruit, sweet corn, peppers and the best watermelon you can get anywhere. it is so sweet without being over-ripe or mealy, the difference is obvious when you compare side by side with the grocery [...]
san francisco series: wine tasting in napa
i’ll begin with a disclaimer that i am no wine expert. i don’t have the bank account nor the liver to be a connoisseur of such a rich substance, and don’t have formal knowledge beyond the tidbits i’ve picked up over the years. but just as any other person obsessed with perfect palate pleasure [...]
farmers’ market find: lemon verbena!
so i actually didn’t find this particular lemon verbena at the farmers’ market, but it is a special treat when i do find it there. this lemon verbena actually came from my boss’ backyard – though the plant was originally started as a small seedling from the farmers’ market, it had now sprouted into a [...]
berry picking at underwood farms!
between classes, clinic, work, babysitting and selling vegetables, every once in a blue moon i get a weekday off. on days like this my eyes widen as i envision the the possibilities… my boss had told me she and her family visited underwood farms to go berry picking for mothers’ day, which sounded just perfect. [...]
the blog is back, and meatier than ever!
well i’m back! and yes, that is a bit embarrassing to say just two posts – and one year! – after i exclaimed the very same thing, then promptly went on a long hiatus again. but this time i mean it. the site has just undergone a total redesign, which i couldn’t be more excited [...]
