Our big girl, where is the time going? I both refuse to believe it's been a year since our little sunshine mochi came into our lives, and can't remember life before she did. After convincing us that she might army-crawl until high school, she is finally charging around on all fours and pulling up on things. She is our sweetest lovebug. She ...
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black sesame cookies & cream cupcakes
Last weekend, the folks behind my favorite shop in LA, Now Serving, hosted a bake sale to raise funds for Australian bushfire relief. I've felt at a loss lately as to what to do as the fires continue, so I was so grateful to have the opportunity to bake these cupcakes as part of the sale. I hadn't planned to post the recipe, but more of you asked ...
red curry kabocha soup
This is the second in a series of posts in partnership with KitchenAid! You can find the first here. I'm knocking on wood madly as I say this, but we may--just may--be in the home stretch of our renovations. Our KitchenAid appliances are on the way, the kitchen has not only floors, not only base cabinets, but countertops and upper cabinets ...
honey sesame corn pudding
I am new to corn pudding, but what I lack in history I make up for in fervor. There's a special place in my heart for those dishes that look like sides but are really not so far from dessert, sneaking into the party early (extra marshmallows on the sweet potato casserole, please) and if ever there was one, this is it: The delicate sunshine of ...
sriracha & roasted broccoli pesto
When we were considering whether to renovate, I remembered that Adrianna at A Cozy Kitchen had a great experience partnering with KitchenAid, and reached out with all fingers crossed to see if KitchenAid might be interested in collaborating here, too. Imagine my delight when the team said yes! It’s been one of my dream brands for such a long time, ...
we’re renovating!
I mentioned earlier this year that we took the scary but thrilling leap of buying a house for the first time. What an adventure that was. We saw what felt like every house for sale in LA, spent what felt like half our summer driving to open houses, and just when we were convinced we were never going to find a house we wanted and that we could ...
three
Our baby is three! That must be some kind of mistake, right? In the last year, we've become the parents of a full-on tiny person. One year ago he just repeated "Happy birthday!" (or, "Ha poopy!") back at us when we said it to him, but this year he understands that birthdays mean cake and parties. He's been running around chirping "Lukie ...
squid ink pasta aglio e olio
Back when we were wee law students in Cambridge, B2 and I ventured out into the North End for a very Boston evening. We walked the cobblestone streets and picked up cannolis from Modern Pastry in their cheerfully string-tied boxes; we ate them on a bench in a park outside Haymarket Station, all shattering shells and clouds of pastry cream, puffs ...
our baby essentials, 0-6 months
Clara is six months old! This is prime chubby baby age--I loved this age with Luke. She's giggling and babbling up a storm, and rolling over like a champ. I spend so much of these days savoring the roly-poly weight of her and how lucky I am to cuddle this perfect little Gerber chub that we adore so much. Even when she decides that 5 a.m. is ...
dark chocolate mochi bit ice cream + black sesame fudge sauce
This ice cream owes its existence to a younger and more foolish me, who once had what she thought was a genius idea, oh, you always eat brownies way too quickly, maybe if you freeze them, you'll eat them slower, and who then found frozen brownies to be the best thing she had ever encountered and ate them all the live long day until she became the ...
