I was always under the impression that I hated rice pudding until I spent a month in Spain after I graduated from high school. My host mother was an incredibly sweet woman who was thrilled that I was interested in cooking. Even though she worked crazy hours as a [...]
Humidity and I are not friends. Sure, I love visiting tropical places and can deal with humidity just fine on a short term basis, but this summer in Seoul has been pretty unpleasant, with all the heat and humidity of the tropics, but none of the beach and fruity [...]
Part of moving overseas means making sacrifices. You have to give up some things, and sometimes, it’s pretty painful. The whole three months we spent in Thailand, I never had a kitchen. That was a HUGE sacrifice, even though I could eat amazing food for pennies, it just wasn’t [...]
When I think of Snickerdoodles, I tend to think of large, chewy sugar cookies with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top. These are nothing like those, and I might even be tempted to change the name of these to “cinnamon doughnut cookies.” These bite-sized delights are reminiscent of [...]
We had a party for my neighbor, who is getting married next month. I asked her what dessert she wanted, and she requested apple pie with a crunchy topping. I used Dorie Greenspan’s apple pie recipe, then added some cinnamon-streusel topping. It just cries out for a scoop of [...]
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