Birthdays are looking really different in 2020 for a lot of people and for me, that includes birthday cakes. I took the simple route for Paul's birthday cake this year not wanting to bake and make it as simple as possible and what's more simple than an icebox cake. I've never attempted making one before... Continue Reading →
All good things must come to an end and for me, that was Zagat. My job at Zagat arrived at a time when I needed it the most. In 2013, I was laid off from my full-time job. As a perk of not having a schedule, we went on a dream cross-country road trip to... Continue Reading →
While walking around Brooklyn in January, fetching procuitto bread and bagels for Darlene, I wandered past a regional fast food chain that A) I haven't patronized, and B) had a fish sandwich. It was lunch hour and the line was modest so I decided to give their deep Sea Double a try. Like Hardee's to... Continue Reading →
Do you ever get SO obsessed with a dish that you attempt to replicate it at home? That’s what happened with me when I had one bite of pasta all’urbiaco at a local San Diego restaurant. The dish is simply pasta cooked in red wine. It’s an intense dish that’s slightly sour featuring a slight... Continue Reading →
If you’ve never had shakshuka, you’re missing out in a satisfying meal full of flavor. Composed of tomatoes, red peppers, garlic, feta cheese, sweet paprika, cumin seeds and eggs, this dish is well known in Israel, Africa and Middle East and usually served for breakfast. But honestly, I’ve had it for lunch and dinner. The... Continue Reading →
My resolutions this year are similar to previous years: get fit, drink more water, see friends more often, and be a better person. Along with getting fit — a resolution that was always difficult when I was writing for Zagat — was to cook more at home. Now that my time with Zagat is over,... Continue Reading →
If you were to ask me what my decade in blogging looks like, I’d have to say it was full at the start and became uneven towards the end of the 2010s. Since I starting my blog in 2005 to write about cupcakes, it’s evolved quite a bit. But since I'm strictly focusing on the... Continue Reading →
Every December, we fall into the most deliciously wonderful baking rut every year! It starts with Thanksgiving when I bake up a batch of mini pecan tarts, a project I always baked with my mom and is now a tradition in my tiny family. Come December, Paul and I pull out the cookie press for... Continue Reading →
I’ve been obsessed with yule log cakes since I was a kid looking through the Swiss Colony food catalogs. I’ve never ordered from Swiss Colony nor do I remember my parents ever ordering from them either. Regardless, I studied that catalog as feverishly as the one from Toys R Us. The jaunty decorations combined with... Continue Reading →
