When I first met my husband, he didn't have a lot of kitchen gadgets. But the one thing he did have was an ice cream maker. When we first got married, I was pretty set on donating the ice cream maker, since I don't really see the merit of homemade ice cream, since I can [...]
Yoo-hoo! This past weekend, we welcomed May and I baked up a storm. The theme was all things chocolate. So this coming week, you'll be seeing so. much. chocolate, and I'm thrilled about it all. First up on the list is this decadent chocolate lava cake (aka molten chocolate cake or petit gâteau, if you're [...]
I think everybody should have a go-to recipe for a "fancy dessert" when you have company. And when I say fancy, I mean people think it's real fancy, but it's actually surprisingly easy. For me, my go-to recipe is always creme brulee. It uses common ingredients you probably already have on hand. It comes together [...]
Does the internet really need one more brownie recipe? YAAAAASSSSSS. I love experimenting with different brownies recipes. Recently, I stumbled upon a recipe by food gastronomist himself, Mr. Alton Brown. His recipe seems really straightforward, but the technique is a little different, as the brownies are essentially twice-baked. He bakes it for 15 minutes, lets [...]
I've been binging Great British Bake Off lately, and there was this one episode where for the technical challenge, the bakers had to make bread, but it was on the stovetop. Naturally, all the bakers were very perplexed and didn't know what to do. I just kept shouting at the screen "I. could. totally. win. [...]
So about 6 years ago, I was in grad school, and my friend introduced me to this phenomenon - no-knead bread. No-knead? How was this possible? At the time, I lived in a small apartment with a tiny kitchenette, so I was all down for shortcuts and things that don't require a ton of counter [...]
I love miso so darn much. If anything is miso-flavored, count me in. Although salmon is already so flavorful as-is, add in miso, it climbs to one of my favorite dishes. My mom made miso salmon a lot when I was growing up. She would use a miso paste and dilute it with hot water [...]
Has this ever happened to you? You get up in the morning and you are pumped to make a batch of waffles. But by the time you've finished making them, they're all soggy and soft. BOO! I recently had a Bob Ross moment where I discovered a "happy accident" when I was making waffles but [...]
Who else likes breakfast for dinner? Growing up in Taiwan, a lot of times, we would go out for breakfast on weekends and busy mornings. Taiwanese breakfast joints are not like the swanky brunch places where you'd have a glass of mimosa. On the contrary, they are often hole-in-the-wall places where you run in, devour [...]
A good friend of mine is a health nut. So much so that he weighs all his food that he consumes on a regular basis. I distinctively remember one time going to an Asian bakery with him, and he picks up a loaf of bread and tells me that he'll eat the loaf in the [...]
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