Kirbie's Cravings

Homemade bagels

Keeping with my goal, I chose another recipe from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day.  This time I chose to make bagels. As you can see, my bagels need some work. The recipe...

Best Homemade Soft Pretzels

This is the best soft pretzel recipe I’ve ever made, and it’s well worth the time it takes to make! In this post, I share all of my pretzel-making tips so you can make them, too!...

Hot Milk Sponge Cake

When I saw a recipe for Hot Milk Sponge Cake on The Little Teochew, I was intrigued. The idea of using hot milk sounded really interesting and I enjoy sponge cakes. The recipe was...

Zion Market bento boxes

Zion Market4611 Mercury StreetSan Diego, CA 92111www.zionmarket.com A few weeks ago, when I was doing some grocery shopping at Zion Market, I noticed that the guy in front of me had bought a bunch...

Vanilla bean cupcakes

I recently bought Vanilla Bean Paste, which is a mixture of vanilla extract and vanilla beans. I like how it gives the vanilla bean flecks without costing as much as real vanilla beans. After...

Nutella Ice Cream Sandwiches

Homemade ice cream sandwiches made with chewy Nutella chocolate chip cookies and from-scratch Nutella ice cream. Make the cookies and ice cream in advance and assemble the sandwiches when you’re ready to serve them....

Spicy House

Spicy House 3860 Convoy St, Ste 105 San Diego, CA 92111 I’ve been wanting to try Spicy House since it opened over a month ago, but something always came up, and so I didn’t...

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, is a Chinese holiday which falls on September 22, 2010 this year. During this holiday, it is tradition to eat mooncakes. If you’ve been...

Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream

Molly Moon 917 E Pine St Seattle, WA 98122 206-708-7947 https://mollymoonicecream.com/ I love checking out homemade ice cream shops. The interest started a few years ago. During a trip to Taiwan, we stopped for...

Chocolate Bread

This chocolate bread recipe is easy to make and bakes up with a wonderful texture and rich chocolate flavor. It’s a yeast bread that is not hard to make. All you need is some...

Nutella Cupcakes

You only need four ingredients and one bowl to make these Nutella cupcakes. They’re topped with chopped dark chocolate and bake up in about ten minutes! Four ingredients, one bowl, no mixer.  It doesn’t...

Amaya at The Grand Del Mar

5300 Grand Del Mar Court San Diego, CA 92130 858.314.2727 Amaya Website   San Diego Restaurant Week is almost here! It runs from September 19-24. During this week, many restaurants feature a three course...