Kirbie's Cravings

Crumpets. An unsuccessful first attempt.

I was introduced to crumpets on my trip to Seattle when I visited The Crumpet Shop.  BF and I completely fell in love with these crumpets, a taste which I would describe as being...

Smashburger Mission Valley

7610 Hazard Center San Diego, California 92108 619-684-1550 After a good experience at the sneak peek of Smashburger in Del Mar, I was excited to see another location opening in Mission Valley, which is...

Chocolate Chunk Muffin Tops

I bought a muffin top pan* a while back, but I’ve only used it once so far to make blueberry muffin tops.  So recently I decided to make some chocolate chunk muffin tops. I...

Easy Honey Beer Bread

If you love homemade bread but hate dealing with yeast, this easy honey beer bread is for you! One of my favorite recipes in the past has been this easy honey beer bread. I...

Tea Garden

Tea Garden 4685 Convoy Street, Suite 110 San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 277-8988 This weekend was hot hot hot! I guess it’s better to have one week of summer than no summer at all....

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...