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Warm Goat Cheese Salad
What could possibly be better than a salad with goat cheese? A salad with warm goat cheese melted on bread. (Of course.) After years of being inspired mainly by Asia in the kitchen, last summer I was...
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Rhubarb Birthday Galette
I turned 31 on Friday! But this is no birthday-cake blog post. I’m just not much of a cake person, unless the cake is livened up with layers or pockets of fresh fruit. (…or unless the cake has some...
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Almond Cinnamon Baklava & a Giveaway!
My girlfriend jokes that Santa Barbara has a festival every weekend. I’m beginning to think that she is right.* A few weeks back we went to the Greek Festival (to eat!) and we couldn’t pass up the...
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Almond Coconut Granola with Dried Bing Cherries
My roommate of two years (who moved out this past June) used to make the best homemade granola. Come to think of it, I’m not sure I actually ever tasted her granola. Maybe once I tried a bite… Once a...
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Skillet Cranberry Apple Crisp (Gluten-Free)
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I’m grateful to be able to spend all day in my kitchen, cooking and eating– one of my favorite ways to spend a day. (I’m also grateful for food blogs and instant...
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Sambal Goreng Telur (Indonesian Egg Curry) with Chinese Long Beans
I’m writing today from the midst of a blizzard. (In fact, our power is out, but thanks to my brother installing a back-up battery for our wireless router, I have internet! …just not heat.) Today’s...
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Cara Cara Orange Chocolate Cake
I tasted my first cara cara orange about two weeks ago. I can’t even count how many I’ve eaten since then. Perhaps I’ve been incredibly vitamin C-deficient as of late, or perhaps they’re just divinely...
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Pear Cranberry Crisp
Earlier this fall, Paula and I had a dinner party, and I was overly ambitious with the menu and the cooking plan. Nothing new there—I always make WAY too much food for our little gatherings; the only...
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Mole Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m posting two dessert recipes in a row! Sorry! (Although, is this really something I should be apologizing for? I’m not sure…) I usually try to mix up my posts more, but I assume you’ll forgive me....
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Peaches and Cream Cake
I’m back! With about thirty new mosquito bites and one PhD! As you can imagine, I’ve had an eventful break from blogging… After 7 years (!) of grad school, last Friday I passed my dissertation defense....
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Almond Butter Chocolate Granola Bars
Remember back when I dedicated an entire blog post to my (unofficial) dissertation acknowledgments? That list summed up a lot of what my life was like during the 7 years I spent in graduate school....
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Nepali Spiced Almond Chicken and Kale
I had a dilemma this week when sitting down to write this post. I have the week off from my job (!) so I picked up some extra freelance editing work, and that means I’ve been spending a LOT of hours...
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