A couple years ago, my husband and I traveled across multiple states in the US while he was interviewing for residency spots. We turned his “school” travel into something fun! One of the cities he interviewed in was LA. There was no problem in trying to find things to do with him and to fill my time ...
Matcha Cheesecake Brownies
Some Fridays, after a long week of work I don’t want to go out and just want to cozy up in a warm sweater and have the smell of freshly baked goods fill the room. How about some warm matcha cheesecake brownies? Subtle matcha flavor with some deep fudgy chocolatey goodness. Pretty simple too without ...
Gooey Nutella Tart
Call me crazy but I'm not the biggest nutella fan. I don't dislike it, that would be really crazy but I don't go gaga over it like a lot of people! (I still love rocher ferrero though but probably more for the crispy texture). My first taste of nutella was when my brother brought some home from his ...
Cranberry Filled Moist Cake
I started writing this post 3 times and never made it through the food coma of luscious food throughout the holiday season. It's all now passed and I made this cake weeks ago for a Holiday brunch so a bit too late to make this for Christmas but it's a wonderfully light and airy cake with a sweet and ...
Korean Sweet Potato Tart (Goguma Tart)
One of my favorite foods in the winter is Korean sweet potatoes (goguma 고구마). Sweet potatoes often found and used in Korean recipes are different from the ones we find most common here in the States. There are two main Korean varieties - mul goguma and bam goguma. Mul goguma is more pale yellow in ...
Korean Sweet Pumpkin Pound Cake (Kabocha Pound Cake)
It's fall! and everyone is cooking up orange pumpkins in their kitchen but I am in my corner cooking kabocha squashes and Korean sweet potatoes. I love these two ingredients all year round but they are the star in the cold months. I've been experimenting here and there with these two and today's ...
LA Chapssaltteok (LA Sticky Rice Cake)
Last week was Chuseok in Korea - or "Korean Thanksgiving" if you will. In Korea, this is one of the largest holidays and probably also one of the most horrific traffic days of the year. During this time families get together and eat lots of really great fancy foods, pay respect to elders ...
Healthy Greek Yogurt Cheesecake
It all started with a sample of Cheesecake at Wegmans. The innocent but sugar-evil employee was passing out a piece of raspberry cheesecake. Delicious. Husband and I were in a hurry though to get to the in-laws so we scurried away as I kept on looking back. Fast forward 2 weeks and we picked ...