Eating Life to its Fullest in San Francisco, CA.
I don’t know why it’s taken me long to share this Italian apricot jam crostata. Crostatas, tarts, and galettes come from the same pastry family and are straight homies, at least in my mind. In fact, there are only two main differences between crostatas and tarts/galettes. Tarts hail from France and are filled with fresh…
I’m (almost) thirty one! And of course I have some thoughts. Time is weird, especially in the midst of a global pandemic + civil rights movement. This year more than ever, I’m reeling around how time even works. 60+ years have passed without giving BIPOC the respect, resources, and rights they deserve. 4+ months have…
This blueberry coconut ice cream is one of the easiest ice cream recipes you will make because there are no eggs involved – that means no pesky tempering, straining, and potential cream curdling (gr0ss). To brighten up this hyphy dessert even more (anyone else suddenly singing “I got purpleeeee?” Just me? Aight.), I used coconut…
I live for breakfast, and mornings in general, and I made this ricotta sausage tart over the weekend as a treat to fill my stomach and mind with what’s to come. Mornings are my time to think. As the world sits still in the early hours, I can take in the calm and feed my…
My brown butter cake has you covered if you’re looking for a simple, light, wildly delicious little dessert, which you probably are. And wait til you hear about the topping! I created this cake because I wanted something easy and full of flavor. Easy = no special equipment, just a couple of bowls (these are…
Remember when I said not all butter is created equal? Good! If you ever need to test out my claim, these cornmeal shortbread sandwiches—ice cream sandwiches!—with all the butter!—will rest my case. Good, really good butter, will transform you. There’s a reason pastries in France taste so much better than they do here—it’s the butter!…
Y’all, even I’m impressed at how well this small batch recipe for plum cobblers with cream cheese biscuits turned out. Not only is the fruit filling jammy AF (cue the Space Jam theme song), the layers of cream cheese make these biscuits next level. I’m obsessed!!!! With the start of May, I have a few…
