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My sister’s engagement party was this past Saturday and it was amazing! It was at a wine bar in Dallas with friends and family and it went perfectly. To go along with the wine, we had a cheese platter that was incredible, pizza and for dessert dark chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting and chocolate…
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Farmers market season is in full bloom. I’ve been to a few farmers markets before but apparently not the cool ones because I have never seen zucchini blossoms for sale until last week. It was like Christmas morning when I saw them. After I bought them I was so overwhelmed with planning the meal that…
I dropped the ball this Easter. I simply ran out of time with work and friends visiting, so I didn’t bake the Easter dessert. I had already bought all the ingredients to bake the cake; the past few days they have just been staring at me, making me feel guilty and making me think about…
Fish markets don’t stand a chance next to Sydney’s. The Sydney Fish Market is the second largest fish market in terms of variety outside of Japan. It is unlike any fish market I have ever been to and my dad as well which says something. The Sydney Fish Market is a warehouse with one…
With the celebration of the Chinese New Year yesterday, the Year of the Dragon is upon us. This is a special year because the Dragon is one of the most powerful and lucky signs in the Chinese zodiac. This year the Dragon is the Water Dragon so it has calming influences on the dragons temper. …
I’ve never been a baker; well let me clarify this statement. I’ve never been a baker till this year. In high school the closes to baking I ever got was my sister making cookie dough. This sounds quite a bit different from how I am now. Now I am always looking for opportunities to bake…
My other Aunt and Uncle wanted to cook their own turkey so we had Thanksgiving again on Friday night. I think this is going to be a new tradition for me. It was a smoked turkey this time around and it was delicious, and oh the mashed potatoes were amazing!! My mom’s birthday is this…
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was as relaxing and “full” as mine. My sister is the scone Queen and baked her mouth watering blueberry scones for breakfast. She made the Macy’s Day parade even better if you can imagine that. I was making desserts which were pumpkin whoopie pie, pumpkin cake and apple sheet…
I made profiteroles this weekend for dessert and boy did they surprise me. They not only surprised me with their incredibly simple recipe, little amount of ingredients and ability to turn into a beautiful puff, but also with their name. I am talking about what we in literal termed US, call a cream puff. I…