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Pumpkin Bread with Cranberries and Walnuts 29 Nov 2011 | 04:59 pm
One early evening this September I stepped outside, took a deep breath, and inhaled a familiar aroma that I hadn’t been acquainted with since this time last year. A feeling of excitement came over me ...
La Joie de Vivre et Manger à Paris 31 Oct 2011 | 12:19 pm
It’s been over two years since I have updated this blog. I stopped mainly because my new job at the time was forcing me to work long hours, and also because it already required me to be in front of a ...
Vermont – The Wondrous Maple Land 25 Aug 2009 | 11:04 am
Before I moved to the East Coast and actually lived a summer here, I’d never really known about what a “real” summer was like. Back in San Francisco, the land of everyday fog and households ignorant o...
Best Blueberry Muffins 29 Jun 2009 | 12:01 pm
I’ve never been a huge muffin fan. Maybe it’s because most of the ones I’ve had have either been too sweet or greasy, or that they’ve been so monstrous that they were victims of diminishing marginal u...
Chocolate Lace Cookies 21 Jun 2009 | 11:22 am
In January 2005, a friend and I went to visit the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory in Berkeley, CA, just to see what the chocolate making process was all about. Both of us were dessert and baking fa...
Financiers 8 Jun 2009 | 11:34 am
I still have quite a bit of almonds in my pantry, so I thought I’d continue the almond cookie extravaganza and try out the financier recipe in Dorie Greenspan’s Paris Sweets. I’d never had the pleasur...
Mexican Wedding Cookies 2 Jun 2009 | 02:47 pm
I’ve been perusing all of the cookie and dessert recipes that I have to pick out recipes that will allow me to put a bigger dent into the five-pound bag of almonds that I have, and I came across one c...
Old-Fashioned Almond Cookies 27 May 2009 | 02:20 pm
I’ve recently become a happy and proud recipient of a five-pound bag of California-grown almonds, courtesy of Blueberry and his much beloved Costco membership. Stores that we love and will continue to...
Tomato Egg Drop Soup 18 May 2009 | 02:42 pm
One of the fondest childhood food memories I have is eating stir-fried tomato and egg made by my grandma. It’s one of the Chinese comfort food staples that is often made at home, particularly when tim...
Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes 11 May 2009 | 03:10 pm
I have always loved breakfast foods — the classic American ones that include omelettes and pancakes, ethnic morning nourishments like jook (rice porridge) and freshly pressed soybean milk, and the ric...
