Main Courses

How to Make Chinese Hot-Pot

This photo captures a recent Chinese hot-pot dinner at our house, a common meal for many asian families. For westerners, it’s best described as ‘fondue’, but don’t expect to be dipping into a thick cheese sauce. Chinese hot-pot is simplistic, yet healthy and allows the true flavors of the food to shine through. In all [...]

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Baked Goods

Rustic Plum Tart Recipe

My best Easter memories are from childhood. Waking up early in the morning to see what the Easter Bunny left for me, each year he used a different tactic. Most memorable was the year he used straw to build a nest on the hearth of our fireplace and filled it with an assortment of candy [...]

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Baked Goods

Tres Leches Cake Recipe

This year is destined to be the year of the Tres Leches Cake. Its name literally translates to ‘3 milk cake’ and is infused with condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. More bakeries are carrying a version of this cake and I’ve noticed it appearing more often at work functions and weekend dinner parties. [...]

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Drinks

My Slow-Roasted Addiction

It started simply enough, one morning I decided it would be nice to grab a cup of coffee on the way to work (and a maple scone). A new Starbucks opened a few blocks away (and as you would expect, it’s only a few additional blocks to an existing Starbucks). I never thought we’d need [...]

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