A few of my readers have suggested that I try aebleskivers, which are Danish pancakes. I’ve been wanting to try making them but they require a special pan to obtain the spherical shape. I...
I recently was contacted by CSN stores offering to let me do a product review. I’ve received the offer many times in the past and always love this opportunity. Basically I get to choose...
Apologies to those who are sick of all the hearts and the red and pink. I didn’t do much Valentine’s Day baking this year, so I had to churn out a few this weekend....
This week I’ve been bombarded with heart images with Valentine’s Day just around the corner. I hope you guys aren’t sick of heart-shaped desserts yet because I haven’t started on mine so I’m doing...
As you know, Baby Bro’s girlfriend recently came back from her annual winter trip to Taiwan. You can read about part 1 and part 2 here. She’s continuing to send me photos with some...
I bought these fancy looking muffin liners a while back and have been trying to find an opportunity to use them. They remind me of the muffin liners used by gourmet bakeries. When I...
So not all of my baking ideas always pan out. I thought it would be great to add some purple sweet potato puree to the tangzhong breads I’ve been making. I imagined a soft...
This past weekend the BF and I had the pleasure of dining with one of my favorite LA food bloggers, Rosa from Dining with the Catty Critic, along with her husband and two of...
Many Chinese cakes are steamed rather than baked. Another characteristic of many Chinese cakes is that the cupcake and muffins will have a split open top. You will often see this in cakes served...
Opera Cafe & Patisserie is a small french cafe in Mira Mesa that caters mainly to the workers of the local surrounding big businesses. It is only open until 2:30 Mon-Fri and open on...
Fa Gao, often referred to as Prosperity Cake, Lucky Cake or Fortune Cake, is often made and eaten during Chinese New Year to bring prosperity in the new year. The cake is steamed and...
There’s quite a few prime steakhouses in San Diego, and being a big lover of steak, I’ve dined at almost all of them at some point or another. Donovan’s has been on my to-do...
