Kirbie's Cravings

Cauliflower Waffle Grilled Cheese

Cauliflower waffles are sandwiched with melted cheese for a delicious alternative to regular grilled cheese. Yes, it’s another cauliflower post! I bought way too much cauliflower when it was on sale recently and I’m...

Cauliflower Bread Mug Cake

Cauliflower mug bread is a single-serving bread recipe made in mug and cooked in the microwave. You only need 4 ingredients and it’s ready in just a few minutes! My two favorite types of recipes to create are mug cakes and...

Liberty Public Market

The highly anticipated Liberty Public Market soft opened this past weekend. The project was announced last year: a food hall housing dozens of local and artisan vendors, echoing the likes of San Francisco’s Ferry...

Seven Year Blog Anniversary

This year marks the seventh anniversary of this blog! I can’t believe it’s been seven years already. According to Facebook, seven years is also the amount of time my husband and I have been...

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is one of my all-time favorite ice cream shops. So when they opened a location in Los Angeles last year, I was more than a little excited. This first West...

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Crispy Baked Garlic Tofu

Tofu is baked until crispy and then tossed in a thick, Chinese-style stir-fry garlic sauce. I’m pretty excited about the extra hour of daylight now that we’re on daylight saving time again. Though it...

Gami Sushi

Last month we had dinner at Gami Sushi. The small sushi restaurant is tucked inside a Carmel Valley plaza that houses quite a few other restaurants including Marketplace Grille and Royal India. Small Sashimi...

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Guinness Stout Jello with Baileys Irish Cream

Guiness jello with Baileys Irish cream is a fun and easy St. Patrick’s Day dessert. The bitter stout beer is perfect with the creamy sweet Baileys and makes for a fun presentation, too. I...

3 Ingredient Flourless Cashew Butter Mug Cake

This easy mug cake is just three ingredients. It’s fluffy, flourless and tastes of cashews. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that when I was a kid, the spread options for my toast were pretty much...

Rolled Up

Rolled Up is a new fast-casual restaurant that just opened, serving fusion sushi burritos. The restaurant is founded by James Markham, who also helped create the customizable pizza chains MOD Pizza, Pieology and Project...

Favorite Bites from February

I’m starting a new monthly series where I summarize my favorite dishes that I recently consumed. Every year I do a Best Bites round-up and it’s one of my favorite things to write. However,...

Theorem

Theorem is a coffee bar concept by the owners of Portola Coffee Lab. Located next to the Portola Coffee Lab branch in Costa Mesa, the walk-up bar features a playful and creative rotation of...