Kirbie's Cravings

Homemade Fortune Cookies

I always look forward to the fortune cookies given at the end of a Chinese restaurant meal. Recently, I’ve seen a lot of recipes for fortune cookies, claiming they are quite easy to make....

Tomi Buffet Revisit

Yes, my family went to Tomi Buffet twice over the holidays. You can read about the first visit here. Sure there are tons of other restaurants around, but how many of them offer all...

Pepperoni and cheese popovers

I’ve had popovers at restaurants before and love them. They are an eggy bread roll that is hollow inside. The name is derived from the fact that the bread pops above the top of...

Nutella lava chocolate cookies

Gooey Nutella in a chocolate cookie. These cookies are incredibly rich and perfect for serious chocolate lovers. I found these cookies on Cookie Madness. One look at these cookies and I knew I had...

Pot Stickers

With Chinese New Year coming up in a few weeks (February 3), I wanted to share a couple of chinese dishes on my blog. This weekend I made some pot stickers. Pot stickers (called...

Petite Cookies from Taiwan

As you may recall, my baby brother’s girlfriend recently came back from a visit to Taiwan. And one of the things she brought me was a box of these adorable cookies from Konig Foods....

Hershey’s brownies

I’ve been craving brownies a lot recently. It didn’t help that I somehow screwed up making brownies with my Ghiradelli brownie mix. I don’t even know how I messed up. So I decided to...

Oceanaire Restaurant Week

San Diego Restaurant Week and our anniversary would not be complete without a visit to Oceanaire. I’ve blabbed about Oceanaire so many times on this blog that for my last few visits, I didn’t...

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Chocolate Lava Cake

Chocolate lava cakes with molten centers. This is an easy chocolate dessert you can make at home! These lava cakes look fancy and taste like the ones served at restaurants, but you only need...

Sugarfish

It seems every special occasion I have with the BF is celebrated with eating trips. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Three Day Weekends, Etc.. So BF and I celebrated our anniversary with an eating trip of course....

Raisin Bread

A long time ago I bought a bread machine with a gift certificate I had received. I was still in high school then and I didn’t know much about baking. After many failed bread...

Chocolate Muffins

I had a huge craving for chocolate muffins this weekend. My craving only increased when I ate one of those packaged chocolate muffins which are simply not as good as freshly baked ones. I’m...