Kirbie's Cravings

Blueberry Muffins

An easy blueberry muffin recipe that can be made with fresh or frozen blueberries. It’s an easy recipe that produces muffins bursting with blueberries and topped with plenty of streusel. With blueberries in season, it is...

Benihana

Benihana Restaurant477 Camino Del Rio SSan Diego, CA(619) 298-4666www.benihana.com We celebrated Little Sister and her boyfriend's birthday two weeks ago. It took place a few hours after the epic Gaslamp Food tasting tour. I...

Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar cookie bars are an easy way to make a batch of cookies without having to roll out the dough. The dough is pressed into a baking dish and then sliced into bars after...

CSN Stores

CSN Stores

A while back, I posted that CSN stores had generously let me choose a product to review. The CSN Stores collection is so big that it took me a long while to decide what...

San Diego Gaslamp tasting tour

Whenever there are a bunch of events I’m interested in participating in, they always seem to fall on the same day. This past weekend was one of those weekends. I had already booked my...

Homemade Fermented Rice

Learn how to make fermented rice and use it to make rice wine soup, a sweet dessert soup popular in Chinese cuisine. Rice wine soup has always been a chinese dessert I enjoy for...

Providence LA Restaurant

Providence 5955 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038-3623 (323) 460-4170 https://www.providencela.com Eating a chef’s tasting menu at a Michelin star restaurant has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Since I...

Coconut Cookies

These coconut cookies are crispy on the outside and a little chewy on the outside. They have a strong coconut flavor from unsweetened coconut flakes. I recently bought a big bag of unsweetened coconut...

Porto’s Bakery

3614 W Magnolia Blvd Burbank, CA 91504 (818) 846-9100 www.portosbakery.com Porto’s Bakery has been on my radar for a while.  It’s a large, popular Cuban bakery that sells a huge selection of baked goods...

Cherry Clafoutis

Cherry clafoutis is a light summer dessert made with fresh cherries and a simple batter. It’s easy to make and delicious dusted with powdered sugar and served warm from the oven. When cherries are...

Korean Sesame Tapioca Bread

Earlier this year, I discovered a Korean sesame tapioca bread that I totally fell in love with. The first one I tried was at Paris Baguette. They seemed super popular, so I grabbed one...

Mama’s Lu revisit

MaMa’s Lu Dumpling House 153 E Garvey Ave Monterey Park, CA 91755 (626) 307-5700 I thought I had finished blogging about my various eats in Monterey Park/San Gabriel Valley/ Rowland Heights, but apparently I...