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Salt and Pepper Calamari

April 30, 2019 Appetizers
salt and pepper calamari

Calamari is one of my favorite appetizers to order, and is also a popular item at a lot of San Diego restaurants. The Spork also really enjoys eating calamari, so I set out to make this at home. My favorite kind of calamari is light and not too salty or saucy. Sometimes I like dipping […]

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Berry Chiffon Cake

November 14, 2018 Cakes
berrychiffoncake

This recipe is the same chiffon cake originally posted in the chiffon cream cake recipe but decorated with black and blueberries instead for my mom’s birthday recently. The basic chiffon cream cake recipe is classic so can be dressed many different ways by changing the toppings or fillings. While decorating the back of the cake […]

Tagged as: cake, cake decorating, chiffon cake, dessert

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Sweet and Sour Ribs

September 4, 2018 Asian Dishes
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Sweet and sour ribs (糖醋排骨) is a classic Chinese dish, popularized in Shanghai and most recently featured in the hit drama Meteor Garden. In the drama, this dish is the chef’s special at a family run food delivery service. The daughter of the delivery service owners delivers this dish to an arrogant classmate who ordered […]

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Egg and Chive dumplings

December 6, 2017 Asian Dishes
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Sharing a simple recipe for my favorite dumpling 🙂 this dumpling is filled with eggs, chives, and vermicelli noodles and is a light alternative to the traditional pork and cabbage dumplings available at restaurants and frozen food aisles. Many Chinese restaurants like to use this filling to make the Asian version of an empanada, essentially a large […]

Tagged as: holidays

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Chocolate Snickerdoodles

August 3, 2015 cholesterol free
chocolate snickerdoodles

As the Spork and I travel on the East coast, we are staying at an Airbnb where the homeowners have two dogs. It took a lot of convincing on my part, and grumbling from him (he’s not really into dogs, especially the poop and slobber), but I convinced him this is the best place to stay and […]

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Cinnamon Swirl Bundt Cake

March 24, 2015 Breakfast
cinnamon swirl bundt cake

I have finally made it out of the dungeons of  my pre-clinical year med school finals, and it feels really good to be done with class forever. When the last final finished, my classmates celebrated at the fourth floor of the building we had classes in every day for the last 1.5 years and let out […]

Tagged as: breakfast, cake, vegan

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Frappuccino Cupcakes

February 4, 2015 Cakes
creamy frappuccino cupcakes

Say HELLO to your favorite breakfast drink in cake form. These creamy frappucino cupcakes with cinnamon sugar dusting will have you craving cupcakes for breakfast. The cupcake stump has the taste of a hot brewed cup of coffee, and the super creamy cinnamon sugar and espresso dusted frosting is out-of-this-world creamy. I took one bite and […]

Tagged as: cupcakes, vegan

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Winter Wonderland Ombre Cake

December 16, 2014 Cakes
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This winter wonderland ombre cake is a vanilla cake frosted with peppermint frosting, filled with a surprise chocolate ganache inside each layer. Ombre frosting, snowflakes, and snowmen complete the winter wonderland look. This week is the Spork’s father’s birthday. Since his father’s birthday, his birthday, and my birthday are all in December (within a 10 day […]

Tagged as: cake, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan

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Peppermint Red Velvet Cake

December 10, 2014 cholesterol free
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This moist red velvet cake is covered with a peppermint frosting, adorned with snowmen and glittering trees in a winter playground. I love all things Christmas related, and Christmas cakes are my favorite kind of cake to make. Every winter I eagerly await when my local Paris Baguette bakery puts out their Christmas cake display. […]

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Mint Chocolate Cake

December 8, 2014 Cakes
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A rich velvety chocolate cake coated in minty fresh frosting, drizzled with chocolate ganache, topped with mint filled Ghirardelli chocolate. When I turned 24,  the Spork (read: boyfriend) surprised me with this lovely cake. I was meeting him for lunch after taking some finals, and was kind of surprised he offered to cook lunch since it was […]

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