I have a dark secret. The idea of "chili crisp" is one that I've always loved in my head, and wanted to love in practice, but every one that I have tried--while delicious--never quite lived up to what I imagined a chili crisp should taste like. There was always just a little something that I felt was missing--the crisp wasn't that crisp, or the ...
Blog
life lately
Hello! It's been awhile, hasn't it? I thought I'd just pop in to say a quick hello and share a few snippets from life lately, even if I don't have a new recipe to share. First, the big news--we are, in fact, expecting another baby bowl. It's going to be another little girl! This pregnancy has been rougher than the previous two combined, but ...
blistered sugar snaps with crispy quinoa, miso honey butter, and whipped feta
This post is in partnership with KitchenAid. You can find past posts here, here, and here. Around a year ago, in balmy fall-ish weather like this, I had the happy chance to have dinner outside at Manuela in downtown LA. Pretty much everything we had there was delicious, lots of familiar Southern staples, like tender, cloud-like cream biscuits ...
hush puppies
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best balms. Spending more time at home over this last year, we've been cooking nonstop but mostly just the homey, five-ingredient type meals that come together pretty fast and last us for a few nights. Things like fried kimchi and an over-easy egg on rice for lunch (that's right, I'm even at "lazy man's ...
rosemary, caramelized onion, & potato galette
This post is in partnership with KitchenAid. You can find past posts here and here. With the extra time at home these days, I’ve been getting back into the kitchen more than I had been for awhile. Like most folks, we’ve also been going to the grocery store less, and we tend to go with a set list to make things simpler, so that has meant ...
blank canvas breakfast hash, and life lately
Well, life has changed a little bit in the six weeks since I posted here last. I've struggled a bit with what to write here given the gravity of everything that's going on around us. That I'm able to work from home, kiss B2 and cuddle my children (who laugh and shriek and run around and have no idea what's going on), feels deeply unfair in ...
clara is one!
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 ...
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 ...
