Deep Dark Chocolate Cake ~ Sure ThingsMarch Madness starts this week and unless you're a foreigner like Nuria or don't follow college basketball like dw, or live under a flipping rock, you know what's up. for four weeks i'm actually enthralled with this sport, i follow my brackets[...] |
The Angry Birds Projectinspiration for mi amor's birthday this year, i made her a live version of Angry Birds. it took me a week to create. originally, i had made rice crispy treats but when i constructed it, it was not strong enough. so i grabbed Little Debbie's Nutty[...] |
Hello Kitty Cake Popsmayhap you remember last year when i made fondant hello kitty cookies for a friend's 25th. for same said friend this year, i made hello kitty cake pops. as seen here. let's not try to make comparisons between the two versions, k? materials[...] |
Guest Blogger: Made with my Bear Hands & Lemon Chess Piei am so pleased to present my first ever guest blogger. bear is a dear friend who started her own food blog a few months ago: Made With My Bear Hands. we spent saturday afternoon cooking together, catching up & basically being assclowns. i made[...] |
Curried Lentil Soupi'm not kidding when i say that i've been avoiding the kitchen. i've also been avoiding this blog. i have two more posts & then i'm going on a sabbatical. i am available on the interwebs, you know how to reach me. Curried Lentil Soupadapted from[...] |
Rabbit Weekendlook. i know i mostly identify with my vietnamese roots and yet i am calling this year the Year of the Rabbit like the Chinese, and not the Year of the Cat like the vietnamese. i don't know why that is, and frankly, i'm too hung over to contemplate[...] |
banh bao - baked & steamedjanuary wasn't a good cooking month for me. my heart wasn't in it. february is shaping up the same way. it's nothing bad, it's actually quite normal. when it gets frigid outside, i'm a lazy ass. i'd rather be snuggled under my flannel throw, reading[...] |
hello february{unedited shots taken with my point/shoot. sometimes i don't like to lug the dslr everywhere i go} i gripe every winter about the snow. but with sunsets like these, when the light is more gold than cold, can you blame me for staying put? hi[...] |
Beer Breadi had to bake a sure thing. this is what i baked: beer bread. specifically, Leffe Beer Bread. the bottle was only 11.2oz and the recipe calls for 12oz. i added water for the difference. it was lumpy.it smelled boozy.it baked beautifully.it tasted[...] |
snow stuffi am not a fan of snow. i realize i am doing that whole year of living positively thing but damn. this snow stuff? not cool. well played God. well played. recently read: Looking For Alaska by John Green imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.[...] |