Kirbie's Cravings

Stained Glass Cookies

Stained glass cookies are easy to make and so fun for the holidays. The cut-out cookies have crushed hard candy in the center, which melts and creates a smooth glass-like hard candy center after...

French Treats for Christmas

French Treats for Christmas

Opera Patisserie 9254 Scranton Rd San Diego, CA 92121 858-458-9050 https://www.operapatisserie.com/news.html Every year Boyfriend will buy some treats for my family for Christmas and I do the same for his.  After my last visit...

Baby Bro’s Girlfriend’s (“BBG”) Taiwan Journal: Day 0

One of my biggest regrets since starting this food blog is that I didn't start it earlier.  Since starting this blog, I haven't done any traveling.  I haven't even left the state, whereas last...

Gingerbread Family

Make a gingerbread family for Christmas to share with family and friends. These cookies are crisp and crunchy gingerbread, cut into gingerbread men, women, and babies. Decorate them with icing or frosting for a...

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!  I can’t believe Christmas is already here! It completely snuck up on me this year. I didn’t even have a chance to try out all of my Christmas...

Lucky Pho

Lucky Pho9326 Mira Mesa BlvdSan Diego, CA 92126(858) 586-7979 After reading some great things about Lucky Pho from mmm-yoso, I put Lucky Pho on my places to try next time I'm in the Mira...

Soft Sugar Cookies

These soft sugar cookies are an easy recipe if you don’t want to spend time rolling dough and cutting it into shapes. All you do is make the dough and roll it into balls....

Hogetsu Bakery

Hogetsu Bakery 1210 3rd Ave Chula Vista, CA 91911 (619) 422-6677 So after many, many posts about manju and mochi that I bought at Nijiya but are made at Hogetsu Bakery, I finally paid...

Green Tea Almond Russian Tea Cakes

Russian tea cakes made with match green tea are a twist on the classic cookies. These cookies melt in your mouth and are very easy to make. One thing I really enjoy doing is...

Boyfriend Visits the Philippines : Arrival and First Meal

Hello Everyone, I am not as familiar with all of you as you are of me, but I'm usually just driving Kirbie to these places to eat and eating her picks. As all of...

Pecan Russian Tea Cakes

Russian tea cakes are a classic holiday cookie and one of my favorite cookies to make. You don’t need a lot of ingredients or time to make a batch of melt-in-your mouth pecan cookies....

Great Plaza Buffet

Great Plaza Buffet1840 Garnet AvenueSan Diego CA (888) 794-4381 https://greatplazabuffet.com/ A long time ago, I used to eat at Great Moon Buffet, which is now known as Great Plaza Buffet.  When a bunch of...