Trying New Things

As we roll into March, and into Spring, we wanted to tackle an ingredient that may be broader than we’ve chosen in January (leeks) and February (cumin) but that we believe still belongs together in a category. Don’t worry, this …

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March’s Food Network Magazine is the chocolate issue. Jeff brought it to me at work, which meant that it went around the cubes, and landed in the hands of Jasmine. Whose birthday happened to be last week. So she marked …

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So I procured a giant bag of farro from Costco a couple of months ago, and Ky (my trusty cooking partner) and I have been trying to use it up during our cook-something-good-for-you-and-also-do-yoga nights. We’re consistently more successful in the …

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I’ve been dying to try to make bread for Jeff for years (years!) but I never seemed to get around to it. For a while it scared me, because it involved yeast, but once we started making pizza dough all …

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I don’t know if a heat wave in January counts as an Indian Summer, but I don’t know what else to call this 85 degree weather we’re having in Los Angeles. Just as many people across the country are settling …

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It figures that we would kick off this new project with leeks. They are not so different from the ingredients in our chosen monikers, as leeks are in the same family as both garlic and onion. January’s a cold month, …

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Morning, chickens! I’m here with another near-disaster-turned delicious post to share with you all. When Jennie asked me to post again, I once again reached for something a little out of the ordinary, but nothing so complicated it couldn’t be …

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Ciao, bambini! I’m the actual sorella of Jennie. When she asked me to guest post on the blog, I was pretty excited, for the following reasons: 1. Jennie and Corelyn’s blog is pretty awesome, and I was getting jealous. 2. …

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When I first saw the Babycakes cake pop maker, I was SOOOO excited. I didn’t even think twice about buying it. A super easy way to make cake balls without having to use frosting and basically skipping all the hard …

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A few weeks back I had a coworker who’s birthday snuck up on me. And since I didn’t have much time, I had to not-so-subtly just ask him what his favorite cake was. Then I did something I almost never …

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