if you want more chocolate chip cookies… then here’s some pan banging chocolate chip cookies! you bang them against an oven rack a few times during baking, giving them ripples and making the perfect cookie with a chewy middle and crispy edges. part of my job has recently morphed into project management for the beta […]
Vegetarian Bento Box
this vegetarian bento box has all sorts of goodies: marinated tofu, sesame hazelnut furikake on rice and plenty of vegetables (pickled, marinated, sauteed and roasted!), with chocolate for dessert! past me is writing this earlier than i usually would because i’m busy eating ice cream and picking up a sanded trashcan in la this weekend. […]
Kahlua Oreo McFlurry
ignore any flurries outside, and treat yourself to a kahlua oreo mcflurry (everything you love about the usual oreo mcflurry, but with some coffee and kahlua for extra addictiveness!). i was disinterested in alcohol for the majority of college. sure, i knew what absinthe was, had used sherry to deglaze maillard-y pans, grew up on […]
Kimchi Rice Bowl with Jammy Eggs
i know that some of the bowls i post here are a bit of a pita. multi-step vegetable side dishes make for tasty lunches, but sometimes they’re too much. i get it. not this kimchi rice bowl based off the hg street bowl from home grown oakland, though. it was one of those pretty cold […]
Raspberry Strawberry Cookies
these raspberry strawberry cookies have three layers of shortbread: raspberry, strawberry and almond. fruity, buttery, and pink enough that you’re ready for valentine’s day! i’ve been thinking more about putting my money where my mind is. i have more purchasing power now than ever before (surprise surprise since i was a student), and i want […]
Nian Gao – CNY Sweet Rice Cake
it’s almost chinese new year time. aka, time for nian gao (pronounced like neen go). if you placed me on a spectrum of chinese americans, i’d be on the more american side. i used to joke that i only spoke dim sum, rather than cantonese. this meme is the depiction of how little of the […]