January 25, 2016
The Milk Bar
by Kirbie
The Milk Bar, serving cookies, infused milks and beers, recently soft opened in San Diego and I couldn’t resist checking it out right away. It’s the newest project by the owners of Streetcar Merchants...
December 23, 2015
The Dirty Cookie
by Kirbie
The Dirty Cookie is a small shop in Orange County that specializes in cookie shots. Even though I’ve already made my own cookie shots before, I really wanted to check them out. On a...
October 22, 2015
Microwave Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag
by Kirbie
Instead of buying expensive prepackaged microwave popcorn, you can make your own popcorn in a brown paper bag! It’s a quick and easy snack when you’re craving a bowl of popcorn. This isn’t the usual type of recipe I share, but...
September 3, 2015
Icebox
by Kirbie
During my last trip up to the Bay Area, I visited Icebox, a dessert shop offering ice cream sandwiches and shaved ice. What especially drew me in were the pretty macaron shells for their macaron ice...
September 1, 2015
Microwave Deep Dish Flourless Peanut Butter Cookie
by Kirbie
This deep-dish peanut butter cookie cooks in the microwave for an easy single-serving dessert. Serve the warm cookie with ice cream for a deep-dish cookie quick fix. I can’t believe it’s September. Over the...
August 19, 2015
Lemonade
by Kirbie
Lemonade is a popular fast casual, cafeteria-style restaurant chain originally from Los Angeles which opened its first San Diego location recently in Hillcrest (a second one is set to open inside UTC mall soon). My brother...
July 8, 2015
The Baked Bear (Carmel Valley)
by Kirbie
The Baked Bear, known for their custom ice cream sandwiches, recently opened their fourth location in Carmel Valley. We’ve always enjoyed the ice cream sandwiches here, especially the cookie brownie combination, and we were...
April 13, 2015
CREAM, Inc.
by Kirbie
CREAM (“cookies rule everything around me”), an ice cream sandwich chain from the Bay Area, recently opened a location in San Diego. It’s located right next to Bruxie, in the SDSU area. The focus...
March 11, 2015
Single Serving Giant Flourless Peanut Butter Cookie
by Kirbie
This single, giant cookie is full of peanut butter flavor and studded with chocolate chunks. It’s just five ingredients and flourless. The other day I was craving a cookie. But, instead of making a...
August 11, 2014
3 Ingredient Ice Cream
by Kirbie
This 3 ingredient ice cream is the easiest ice cream recipe ever. You don’t need an ice cream maker and there’s hardly any work involved. A few simple steps and the result is a super creamy no churn vanilla ice cream. I...
August 4, 2014
Pizza Studio (Kearny Mesa)
by Kirbie
Pizza Studio, a chain of customizable fast casual pizzas, has continued its plans to expand throughout San Diego. They recently opened their newest location in Kearny Mesa, in the same plaza as Ross, Staples...
August 1, 2014
Press
by Kirbie
COOKBOOKS Author of 5-Minute Mug Cakes, featuring nearly 100 individual serving cakes that can be cooked in the microwave and ready in 5 minutes. Author of Dump Cakes from Scratch, featuring nearly 100 recipes where...
