I’m walking around the monkey forest in Bali. The first thing to fly out of my mouth is, “This is like India, except with way less aggressive monkeys.” I don’t think anything of this as I say it. In fact, it’s a true statement. It’s exactly how I would describe this place. It does look…
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Holiday Baking Recipe: Almond Pear Cake
I’m baaaaaaaack! I returned from India one week ago. It was a wonderful, eye-opening, family-filled trip, which I’ll tell y’all about in much more detail later. As much as I loved visiting and being immersed in my culture, in true first-generation form, I also love being back. I am still American as much as I…
Recipe: Mango Spice Tart Disguised as a Pumpkin Spice Tart
In less than a month, I’ll be in India. I never know whether to say “I’m going to India” or “I’m going back to India.” As a first-gen, my accent, clothing, and privilege of being able to have fun are American. But my name, skintone, and idiosyncratic phrases like “close the light” instead of “turn…
Recipe: Giant Cinnamon Roll with Brown Butter and Almond Flour
👏🏾 Finally 👏🏾 done 👏🏾 with 👏🏾weddings 👏🏾 and 👏🏾 I 👏🏾 don’t 👏🏾 know 👏🏾 what 👏🏾 to 👏🏾 do 👏🏾 with 👏🏾 myself 👏🏾 We went to our last wedding of the year a couple weeks ago in Virginia. Did you know that the East Coast actually has seasons and that it’s humid AF during the summer? Cuz this California girl did not. I spent the long…
Multi-Grain Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Granola: The Best Granola for Backpacking (or even when you aren’t backpacking)
Have you ever been so excited to try something new and then so spectacularly failed at it that it’s giving you PTSD at how bad you were but then you want to try it again because you can’t just fail like that because you never fail at things? That was me this past weekend when…