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Green Bean and Cucumber Salad

When we were kids, Molly loved canned green beans. She would request them for every birthday dinner. But also, because it was a vegetable one of us kids actually loved, my mom would serve them frequently. Which, I understand – a vegetable that will make at least one kid happy is great to serve with…

Basque Cheesecake

I don’t remember when I first started hearing about Basque cheesecake, but it was sometime in the past year. I believe a Basque cheesecake went viral at a bakery in New York City, and then everyone started making it. Including Bon Appetit, which in my mind confirmed it as a trend. And then, a few…

Lemon Almond Cookies

This recipe was inspired by two things. 1) Levain Bakery made a lemon chip version of their famous cookie, and they were just asking to be replicated. And 2), I’ve been making Orgeat Sparkling Lemonade from Joy the Baker’s Instagram quite a bit this summer. I’ll include the recipe for it below, but it’s a sparkling lemonade…

The Best Egg Salad Sandwich, from South Lyndale Liquors

Egg Salad has always been one of those things that has just been a bit… unappetizing. I’ve never had a bad egg salad when I’ve had it, but I would never seek it out. Something about hard-boiled eggs swimming in mayonnaise just seems like it could toe the line between good and being gross a…

S’mores Cookies

The recipe for these S’mores Cookies has been marinating in my brain, mainly because these cookies from Target have been taunting me by the checkout every time I’ve been to Target this summer. They look like the iconic Lofthouse cookie, but s’mores flavored! What could be better. But I have restrained myself! I know that…

Elote Salad

A few years ago, my family went to Sedona and had dinner at a restaurant called Elote Cafe. As a starter, we ordered their namesake dish – an Elote dip. And it was a true game changer for my family. We all devoured it, and soon after our trip, my Mom found and mastered the…

Basil Chocolate Ice Cream

Before this blog was ever created, back when my family lived in Germany, Molly took on a notably major baking project considering our baking prior to that had consisted mainly of banana bread and cookies. They were chocolate mini-cakes with some sort of elaborate basil cream/buttercream and a ganache. I don’t remember the specific name,…

Roasted Vegetable Caesar Salad

I like to get creative in the kitchen, but a lot of the time, especially when I was in school, or plodding through the doldrums of living in LA, I would just throw some broccoli or Brussel sprouts on a sheet pan with some chickpeas and call it a day. Roasting them up with olive…

Peach Cobbler Scones

I like to think I’ve gotten pretty decent at baking over the years. Which means that true failures don’t happen too often any more. But I recently tried out a Peach Cobbler Scone recipe that was a total bust. They didn’t rise… they weren’t sweet… they were bland… disaster. And the recipe was even from…

Pistachio Pesto Focaccia Pizza (The Bianca)

I’ve said it before, and I’ll probably keep saying it for the next five years, but there is truly not much that I miss about LA. But that just means the things I do miss are more memorable! One of those things is pizza from Quarter Sheets Pizza Club. I discovered it only a few weeks…