Let me rundown the reasons you should make this Apple Crumb Cake… The original recipe is from Smitten Kitchen, and well, duh, of course, I’m going to make it. Recommended by Ipso-Fatto, one of my favorite blogs. Her recommendations are SPOT ON. I put any recipe with her ringing endorsement on my bake it, bake …
I LOVE fried rice. Posted on 3Jamigos are my favorites, my Dad’s Fried Rice and Kimchi Fried Rice. Until now, I was very content with these two recipes until…..I came across a video from Lucas Sin, chef/owner of Junzi’s Kitchen in New York/New Haven for Golden Fried Rice. Golden Fried Rice? Say what? The key …
How’s the New Year’s Resolution thing going? I’ve gotten strategic, I only make new year’s resolutions that are fun. That way I stand a chance of actually following through on them. One of my perpetual resolutions is to make a concerted effort to actually use the many cookbooks I have collected. Don’t laugh, it may …
A couple of years ago King Arthur Baking’s Recipe of the Year was Crispy Cheesy Pan Pizza. Not surprisingly it was delicious. It became our go-to pan pizza. But a recipe from Cook’s Illustrated made me stray from the tried and true one. Don’t laugh, it wasn’t actually the recipe that prompted me to try …
I’m not a vegetarian but we are making a concerted effort to eat less meat and more veggies. Good for us and good for the planet. It’s much easier now with so many cookbook authors, bloggers, and chefs being much more veggie-forward. The first new year recipe I tried was Cauliflower Steaks with a Smoky …
Growing up in Chinatown the standard plate of cookies found on our table was not Chocolate Chip Cookies, but Almond Cookies. Found in every Chinese Bakery, these were my favorite cookie, well except for the almond in the center, which I ate around, kids, what do you do. Last Roadtrip One of my favorite Almond …
I came home from work the other day and ANNOYINGLY, with a couple of kids home and the hubster, no one had even thought about dinner. I mean really, I’m bringing home the “bacon”, the least someone could do is start dinner. But then I remembered we had some raw shrimp left from our hotpot …
Mochi Ado about Something. I tried quite a few mochi recipes this year so it seems fitting that 2021 should end on a sweet rice note. 2021, the year of Mochi muffins, donuts, and now, brownies. Mochi brownies are delicious! I found quite a few recipes that were fairly similar and picked one from Kirbie’s …
Cookie Number Two-Twelve Days of Cookies Last year my absolute favorite cookie was Eric Kim’s Grocery Store Cookie. I called it my Marie Kondo cookie, it brought me JOY. The original Lofthouse cookies, a cakey blob, packed in plastic trays covered with copious amounts of fake frosting and sprinkles…elevated to a wondrously delicious cakelike, buttery, …