The canals of Venice are truly magical. This mini walkable city is packed full of adventurous alleyways, tasty tidbits to munch on, crazy bookstores, and a hundred billion photo ops. Of all the places we visited on our Italy trip this year, I took the most photos of Venice. Because there are no cars allowed,…
Summer Dessert Bruschetta with Peaches, Strawberries, and Champagne
We just made it back from vacation, our two week trip to Italy! I’ll be posting photos from the trip on the blog soon. We’re back home, unpacked, laundry done, and trying to combat jetlag, but failing pretty hard. For instance, I woke up at 5 a.m. this morning and couldn’t fall back to sleep….
Blueberry Jam Buns with Marscapone Glaze
I’m proud to say that these delicious jam buns are my very first ever non-flop no-consulting-other-recipes-except-once-for-two-seconds, yeast-using recipe! To be totally honest with you, working with yeast is terrifying to me. Pies, cakes, and cookies – all of these seem easier than dealing with yeast, the weird (alive!) ingredient that needs multiple resting and rising periods….
Beet Cured Salmon
One of the benefits of working for a creative publishing company is the fact that we often publish some really quality cookbooks that I get to work on and often, cook from. This hot pink salmon was from one such cookbook that immediately caught my eye. I thought of making it in time for mother’s…
Kumquat Curd
I was introduced to the concept of afternoon tea at a very young age. My mom and I used to dress up and wear fancy hats and frequent the tea houses in our area. Scones and mini-tea sandwiches and delicate desserts were always such a treat, and “High Tea” was my birthday party theme for many…
A weekend in Downtown L.A.
This is the month of the business trip for me. Last weekend I was on a quick business trip to L.A., and now I’m in Houston for the week! One thing most people don’t realize when they visit L.A. is that it is completely spread out. It takes more than one day to see all the…