One of my favorite meals is butternut squash ravioli with melted goat cheese and a dab of chili garlic sauce. I know it sounds random and weird and kind of terrible, but it’s actually incredibly delicious. Something about the creamy salty tanginess of the...

Last Friday was me and Jeremy’s six-year anniversary. When I got home from work Jeremy surprised me with a mini picnic on the living room floor, candles lit all over the place, and the best card ever. That night we went out to a...

  This past month has been pretty crazy. I started a new position at work, which is going great, and have started jogging again after my several-month-long holiday break from any kind of physical labor. The combination of these two things has made me...

This past week I was invited to participate in McCormick’s Flavor Forecast for 2012. I took part in their webinar and watched as chef Mark Garcia went through the various ingredients and flavors that are going to be making a broader appearance within the...

The end of winter is blood orange season here in California, and the farmer’s markets and grocery stores are starting to show signs of this wonderful occurrence. I love the color of blood oranges, not really a “blood” color, but more of a deep,...

Figured I would start 2012 with a bang and do a triple post, but not just any kind of triple post, non non. This, my friends, is a TRIPLE PIZZA POST. Mmmmm pizza. Best way to start the new year if you ask me!...

I only make baked brie once a year because it is so rich and…..definitely not heart healthy, but when I do make it it is always for Christmas and it is always a family favorite. Creamy brie baked with jam and brown sugar inside...

Melomakarona are dry shortbread cookies that are soaked in syrup until they become bread pudding-like in texture when bitten into. They’re traditional Greek cookies and they are always made around Christmas time. Having melomakarona is something that I always looked forward to as a...

The first time I had duck a l’orange, it was love at first bite. I was doing a summer study abroad program in Paris, and ordered it at a little bistro off of one of the winding cobblestoned roads of the Montmartre district. It...

Two weeks ago I went to a Paleta event at founder Chef Kelly Boyer’s home in Venice Beach. Paleta is an organic, sustainable, and gourmet meal delivery service that can make you food that’s all-around healthy, or that meets specific dietary restrictions like gluten,...

This year I stayed in Southern California for Thanksgiving because plane tickets were just too darn expensive. $400 round trip to Portland and back? I can only afford to pay that fare once a year, and that’s for Christmas. So, instead I went to...

  I have a confession to make; I used to despise carrot cake. Truly, utterly, and deeply. My carrot cake eating experiences had always been characteristically stringy, with the carrot pieces still too chewy, and the cake was always really dry. The cream cheese...