You guys, I've been wanting to make this for soooooo long. So I've been going back and forth on whether or not I should get a bamboo steamer. There are so many Chinese goodies I want to make, but they all require using a steamer. Something in me always cheapened out and I never [...]
If macarons are the finicky, pain-in-the-butt to make cookies, then castellas are the macaron-equivalent of a cake. At first glance, castellas don't look super difficult. It's a loaf cake. What can be so hard about it? Well, the hardest part is keeping the shape once it's out of the oven. A lot of times, [...]
I've been waiting all week for these! Ian is going out of town for work and this weekend, my best friends are coming down from New York to have a girls' weekend in Philly. We've been saying that we want to have a fancy tea party, so tomorrow, we'll be serving so many tea party [...]
My first copycat recipe! A few months ago, while I was perusing Trader Joe's (aka my "fun" store), I saw this Burrata, Prosciutto & Arugula Flatbread in the frozen section by all the pizzas. Naturally, I was interested. Burrata, good. Prosciutto, good. Arugula, good! I grabbed one and popped it in the oven that [...]
Summer's here, which means it's time to make smores. I'm that weird kid who never liked marshmallows. There's something about them that was always so off-putting to me. If you melt them and made rice krispies, sure I'll gobble them up. But as is, no thank you. Then I was introduced to homemade marshmallows. Mind. [...]
In college, one of my go-to quick desserts were mini pudding cups. I'd cut up a rolled-out pie crust and place them in a muffin tin and blind bake them. Meanwhile, I'd make chocolate pudding (from the box) and stuff the cups. It was super easy and looked quite impressive. I have nothing against chocolate [...]
For many people, Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the beginning of summer. This means pies, pies, and pies. I love pies, but sometimes, you just want pie in belly fast. Or maybe you want something cute to serve but aren't so sure about your edge crimping skills. Or my favorite, you are in the camp [...]
Ahh summertime, my favorite indulgences is ice cream. Unfortunately, as much as I say that I'm not a dessert person, I am such an ice cream person. Seriously, you can put a pint of ice cream in front me, pop on an episode of "The Office", and by the time the episode is over, [...]
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