Coffee Cake Banana Bread
A classic banana bread recipe topped with a cinnamon sugar crumble turns your banana bread into coffee cake! Fun Fact: Did you know that coffee cake does not have any coffee in it? I never really thought much of it until I looked into the recipe. The American coffee cake term started in 1897 because … Continue reading
Bourbon and Honey Caramel Corn Mix
This light and sweet snack mix is an update to the original classic, Gerry’s Caramel Corn mix. Adding bourbon, honey and soy sauce are my favorite things to bake / cook with nowadays and I love how they bring some subtle new flavors here. To make this recipe vegan, simply switch out the honey for … Continue reading
Grilled Corn with Chili Lime Butter
Another summer BBQ necessity is grilled corn on the cob. The fresh sweet corn from California is next to none, and so when I was back home preparing for my mom’s birthday dinner, she was very eager to point out her recently acquired stock of summer corn ears (she had gone Costco-warehouse-style, the entire … Continue reading
The Ultimate Flatbread
I randomly got some puff pastry dough at Trader Joe’s as a back up appetizer for a food gathering I hosted. I wound up not using it, and it wasn’t until I needed a quick easy recipe that this dough inspired me. This recipe honestly feels like cheating, but the end result was pretty nomtastic. … Continue reading
White Cheddar Gougères with Apple Pulp and Prosciutto
Jen has always been the gougère-maker when we lived together. I’ve got to give her props for really becoming an expert at forming the cheese puffs to actually become consistent in size, light, airy and all things elegant and French. I, on the other hand, was experimenting so as my first iteration, these were decent, … Continue reading
Home-made Hummus
For how often I consume hummus as a snack, it is almost crazy how long it took me to make it from scratch at home. Jen and I also used to make a ton of Mediterranean inspired recipes and for one of our favorites, the Turkish-Spiced Chicken Kebabs, we always improvise the side dishes and … Continue reading
Food Comas: Top 10 in 2013
Happy 2014 everyone! Thanks for all your support in 2013 and best wishes for the new year. Also see: Food Comas: Top 10 in 2012 Food Comas: Top 10 in 2011 Food Comas: Top 10 in 2010 TOP 10 RECIPES in 2013 1. Baked Fish Tacos 2. Poached Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Tomato 3. … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Eve in Singapore
It’s been over a year since I had moved to Singapore, and I am glad to say that I am starting to feel a lot more settled here. With that, I decided it was about time to introducing some new traditions to my expat life. Back in New York, Natalya and I had hosted Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Cold Soba with Thai Basil Pesto
I adore cold soba, and every time I shop at Daiso (only the best Japanese $2 store in the world), I go a bit overboard with buying every brand of soba available. Generally, I have been using the noodles to add some carb-y substance to my salads; this Soba Salad recipe my mom makes is … Continue reading
Peruvian Cooking Class – Dinner
After landing in Lima on my Peru travels, one of the first orders of business was scheduling a Peruvian cooking class. Natalya had taken a class with Sky Kitchen when she was in Lima several years ago and she highly recommended it. She took the class with the lunch dishes, which she wrote about here: … Continue reading
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