For this week, I decided to try out an Italian dessert that I fondly remember eating a lot of back in Boston. Fun fact: the word “cannoli” is already in its plural form. On a personal note, I am extremely proud that I was able to crank this out despite a series of unfortunate events […]
A friend asked me how I choose what recipes to make for this 52 Week Challenge – for awhile, I had about a month’s worth of weeks planned out, but lately I have been cutting it close with my decisions. This week was by far the most I procrastinated on because my head has been
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This is a dish I have been wanting to try ever since I first learned about it from the Disney movie, Encanto. Making the DishThis recipe is super simple to make! I watched several videos to get a sense of the steps involved and used the measurements from Preppy Kitchen, mainly because it was my
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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I decided to find an Irish dish that would fit the holiday and came across this dish I had never heard of before, Dublin coddle. A traditional stew of sausage, bacon, potatoes, and Irish stout, one can see why this is a comfort dish for Irish families, a dish
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You might be shocked to learn that in all my years of cooking and baking, I have never made cinnamon rolls from scratch before. It is one of those elusive breakfast/desserts (bressert? deakfast?) that I love, but was intimidated by the amount of work potentially involved. Making the DishThe cinnamon roll recipe I used came
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Did anyone else feel like February zoomed by? In looking back at what I made for the past month, I realized there was an overwhelming majority of Asian dishes represented, so I am working on diversifying my menu a bit. For this week, I went French with petit fours which are bite-sized desserts (typically cakes)
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When I say I made chocolate from scratch, you might be thinking that I went through the intense process of fermenting and roasting cacao beans, grinding, and something called conching. Since this process requires the use of heavy, automated and expensive machines (I saw one for $300!) in order to grind the cocoa nibs fine
To those who celebrate, happy Lunar New Year! Growing up, I didn’t really celebrate this holiday outside of eating tteok-guk, or Korean rice cake soup for free with my family at Korean restaurants, something much more plentiful back in the New York/New Jersey area. Following the poll results on my Instagram, money bag dumplings won
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Believe it or not, this week was my first time ever making egg rolls, a.k.a. spring rolls. Apparently, the terms can be used interchangeably, although spring rolls also refer to the fresh rolls wrapped in rice paper where the filling is visible, while egg rolls are always fried. It is not entirely known why they
For this week, I went the sweet route and chose to bake something special to celebrate Kyle’s birthday. Since Kyle’s favorite beer and first-ever drink is Guinness, I found a recipe from trusty Sally’s Baking Addiction for Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Mocha Guinness Buttercream. While I have made plenty of chocolate cakes and cupcakes before,
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