Loquat cobbler-cake
A fruit not often found in the supermarket, loquats can be a tasty dried or baked fruit.
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Blueberry Muffins
The best blueberry muffin recipe – reduced sugar slightly, increased blueberry quantity.
Bakery-Style Sticky Buns – from Cezanne Desserts
Decadent bakery-style giant sticky buns.
Ultimate Banana Bread
A moist, intensely banana flavored banana bread using an unusual trick.
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Celebrate It Baking Cups Review
I bought these baking cups from Michaels because I was looking for some green baking cups for some cupcakes I was making. Little did I know that they would be as horrible as they are. After I opened the package, […]
Real Strawberry Cake – no Jello Allowed
I’ve been on the hunt for a strawberry cake that uses real strawberries and not artificial flavored Jello. I previously used a recipe that is based on the Cooks Illustrated white cake with the substitution of strawberry puree for some […]
Vegan Strawberry Cake with Vanilla Bean Vegan Buttercream Frosting
We recently volunteered to make a vegan cake for a friend’s birthday. I decided to try a strawberry cake since my friend’s wife already ordered a non-vegan chocolate cake from Whole Foods. I always thought there were two categories of […]
My Favorite Cake Decorating DVDs and Books
Favorite Cake decorating DVDs and Books with commentary.
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Momofuku Pork Belly Ssam
Recipe: Pork Belly Ssam Ingredients One 3-pound slab skinless pork belly 1/2 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup sugar Accompaniments Mustard Seed Sauce 2 cups Short Grain Rice 2 to 3 heads Bibb lettuce, leaves separated, well washed, spun dry […]
Momofuku Bo Ssam Perfected
My brother made this once for one of his parties and I couldn’t stop eating it! It was an amazing combination of spicy, sour, salty, cool, ginger-scallion, porky goodness. I made it for our family’s Christmas gathering and made a […]
Soy Sauce and Worcestershire Chicken
One of my favorite chicken dishes. I have not seen any recipes for this before.
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Momofuku Bo Ssam Perfected
My brother made this once for one of his parties and I couldn’t stop eating it! It was an amazing combination of spicy, sour, salty, cool, ginger-scallion, porky goodness. I made it for our family’s Christmas gathering and made a […]
The Best Recipe for Shrimp Wonton
My own recipe for Shrimp Wonton after trial and error.
Shredded Chicken with Sichuan Peppercorn Sauce on Cold Noodles
A spicy, tangy cold noodle dish. Let the flavors meld overnight.
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Review: Talenti Gelato Sea Salt Caramel
I don’t buy ice cream very often, but when I do I usually buy a pint and make it last a few weeks (if I can hide it from the husband). This week I had a craving for ice cream […]
Celebrate It Baking Cups Review
I bought these baking cups from Michaels because I was looking for some green baking cups for some cupcakes I was making. Little did I know that they would be as horrible as they are. After I opened the package, […]
Review: Sour Cream & Onion Doritos
A review of the Limited Edition Sour Cream and Onion Doritos
Battle: Banana Flavored Milk! (Korean)
A battle of a few of the Korean banana milk flavors available.
Latest in Canning and Food Preservation
Low Sugar Strawberry Vanilla Jam Using Pomona’s Universal Pectin
Out here in California we get great organic strawberries. Watsonville is the capital of strawberry growing and our farmer’s market sells really ripe strawberries in flats. You can’t get really ripe strawberries at the supermarket because they would go bad […]
My New Way of Sterilizing Canning Jars
I have a new baby in the house and we have an Avent Steam Sterilizer IQ 24 that I used with my first. I looked it up and that model is unfortunately no longer made). I’ve been doing a […]
Canning: Refrigerator Dill Pickles – Take One
Our cucumbers did great this year, and I canned lots of pickles and relishes!