desserts

mini brown butter cheddar apple crumbles

November 18, 2013

I know that these couple of weeks in the run-up to Thanksgiving are all about pie. It's even Pie Week in some parts of the blogosphere this week! And if I had the ...

chocolate cake for two

November 4, 2013

I feel like there are a few recipes that every blog should have. Just basics, like a solid mac & cheese, or a good homemade pasta sauce. There have been some that I've checked off my list -- a go-to

brandied pear galette with almond cream filling

October 21, 2013

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Okay, so I just wanted to say that to be dramatic. Haha. But today is the day I finally start work at my law firm. Full-time grown-up “associate” work for the first time, ever! ...

small batch pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting

October 15, 2013

Oh man, these cupcakes. These cupcakes! I know there are a million pumpkin cupcake recipes out there, but this one is special to me, if only because it took me about six tries to get right. (Which is kind of ...

banana cupcakes with nutella swirl

October 3, 2013

A few months ago, in the midst of bar exam doldrums, I came across this recipe for banana bread bars with brown butter frosting that looked mindblowing. But, given our extremely sedentary (nearly vegetative) lifestyle at the time, I ...

matcha shortbread cookies

September 22, 2013

Hi again! This past week, I said a wistful goodbye to paradise and headed back home to visit my own parents, while Bowl #2 stayed in Honolulu for a little while longer to enjoy some alone time with his family. It ...

white nectarine mini-crisp

September 12, 2013

OK, so I know what this looks like. It looks like another summer recipe. (After I already posted

gooey brownies with peanut butter swirl, for two

August 1, 2013

WE'RE DONE! Three months of blissful ignorance about whether we passed begins now. Words can't express how happy I am. :) But they can express peanut butter and chocolate (well, to an extent) so I'll try and do that instead. ...

the best chocolate chip cookies i’ve ever baked

July 14, 2013

Today is Sunday. That, to me, feels like a cookie day. I was going to post a delectable recipe I just found on Taste Love & Nourish, these wonderfully decadent but (relatively) ...

triple berry tartlets

June 24, 2013

One of the first blogs I ever started following was Cupcakes and Cashmere. It's remarkable how much my focus has shifted over the last few years in terms of what blogs I like to read; initially it was purely fashion blogs, but as I've come to cook more and more, and especially in the years since I've ...