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…
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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…
Recipe: DIY Chocolate Graham Crackers
I like to take things people know and love and make them better with what I know and love. That’s my cooking style. And it’s how I bring my restaurant + Paris experiences with me—to cakes for birthdays, to dinner parties, and to recipes for this blog. These DIY graham crackers—and trust me when I…
Fun and Simple Recipes to Make with Berries
Guys, thank GAWD. Spring is here and we can start eating mass amounts of berries all the time. A secret favorite activity of mine is to stop by the grocery store on my way home from work, pick up a pint of berries (preferably blackberries), cook dinner, and then eat said pint by myself with…