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Favorite Bites of 2014

Favorite Bites of 2014

It’s the last day of 2014 and I’m counting down my top ten favorite savory and sweet bites from dining out adventures this year. It was really hard to narrow down this list, but...

Favorite Recipes of 2014

It’s that time of year again. As much as I’m feeling bittersweet about saying goodbye to 2014, I do look forward to reflecting back on the year and making this round-up list. This year,...

Champagne Mug Cake

Here is one more New Year’s Eve recipe idea: champagne flavored mug cakes cooked directly in champagne flutes. You can top them with a light champagne cream frosting and some silver sprinkles. It’s back...

Donut Panic

Donut Panic is a bakery offering a variety of donuts, but has become especially well known for their vegan donuts. After reading and hearing good things, I had to make sure to visit before...

Sweet Tea Mimosas

Sweet Tea Mimosas are a mimosas with a tea twist. They’re an easy cocktail to make for brunches and holidays. If you’re looking for a New Year’s Eve drink idea, here is my recipe for Sweet Tea Champagne Cocktails, or Sweet Tea...

Streetcar Merchants of Fried Chicken, Doughnuts & Coffee

Streetcar Merchants of Fried Chicken, Doughnuts & Coffee opened last week. They serve fried chicken three ways (Southern style, Nashville hot, or Korean twice-fried), fresh brioche doughnuts and Intelligenstia coffee. With so many of my...

Matcha Shortbread Christmas Tree Cookies

These Christmas tree cookies are made with matcha shortbread for a fun holiday cookie. They have a crumbly, buttery texture with green tea flavor which also gives the cookies a natural green color. I’ve...

San Diego Must Eats List

I am often getting queries for recommendations of where to eat when visiting San Diego. For more than a year, I’ve had a goal of putting together a San Diego Dining Guide for visitors,...

Nutella Lava Chocolate Cookies

These chocolate cookies stay moist and fudgy with a layer of melted Nutella stuffed in the middle. I hope everyone had a good weekend! I spent most of my Sunday baking massive amounts of...

Salt & Straw (Los Angeles)

Salt & Straw is a very well known ice creamery, originally from Portland, which recently opened a location in Los Angeles. Given my adoration for ice cream, I was quite excited to try it...

Table No. 10

We had a very good meal at Table No. 10 earlier this year and I’ve been wanting to return again. So last weekend, we had a dinner there and also did some catching up...

Red Velvet Mug Cake

Red velvet cake is one of my favorite cake flavors and I’m so happy I was able to create a mug cake version which looks so red and cheery, matching the holiday season. The...