A few weeks ago I went to an improv comedy show with my friend Alana, and afterwards we stopped at a little Irish pub in downtown LA for a bite. We were very intrigued by the listing of ‘avocado fries’ on the menu, and...
A couple weeks ago I was invited to a Super Bowl party and I wanted to bring something sweet and southern, so I decided to try making a lemon meringue pie, but with a bit of lavender cooked into the filling. If you remember,...
It’s been well over a week since my last post, and that’s because Jeremy and I went on a trip to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia for our five-year anniversary. We had a great time, and had originally only planned on being there for...
I have a particular affinity for baked goods with a crumb topping. There’s nothing like the tender crumb of a muffin, contrasting joyfully against the crunchy, sweet, buttery topping. And when you add fruit like ripe tannic berries and sweet creamy banana to the...
I am slightly obsessed with the animated television series King of the Hill, where Peggy Hill makes frito pie on a frequent basis and brags regularly about the quality of her frito pie recipe. I had never had frito pie, nor did I even...
I recently made this tart for a Christmas party my friends and I had while I was back home in Oregon for the holidays. I’d never made anything with brown butter before, nor had I ever tried my hand at “browning” butter, but it...
About a year and a half ago I was driving up from Los Angeles to Portland and I stopped in Eugene for the night because my brother attends the University of Oregon there. The next day we skipped breakfast and went out for an...
A few years ago while I was studying abroad in Germany I was lucky enough to get to visit Holland, twice! The first time we went to Amsterdam on a school field trip to attend a media-product-type convention. We stayed there for the weekend...
A couple weeks ago me and my friends Sarah and Amanda went to an apple orchard near Big Bear in southern California. They had great apple cider, and a TON of different apples. There were samples everywhere and it was pretty amazing to see...
My roommates and I are throwing a Halloween party, tonight in fact! In honor of the occasion, I made these cute mummy dogs, as well as the monstrous creation of a Spooky Toffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Icing that you can...
Back home in Portland there’s a little coffee stand on 23rd street that always has this amazing fresh lavender lemonade, and whenever I’m home I always try to make a point to stop there and grab a cup because it is THE...
In the fall of 2007 I studied abroad in Dusseldorf, Germany through my school’s film program. It was an amazing experience and one of my favorite parts of the trip was all of the German food that I got to eat. (Mmmm sauerkraut!) One...
