My Alternative Career

There are certain things in food that just go so well together.. Marsala and mushroom, rum and raisin, hazelnut and chocolate.. and of c...

Every bakers one time or another go through a macaron craze phase. I did for a whole month in 2009. Since then, I have cut a short br...

If there is anything that fascinates me more than Germany, it is Turkey...its people, its religion, its culture,and its intimate connection ...

Uff. I want to say sorry to my apple strudel because my dreadful camera skill is not doing any justice to my baking. I guarantee you this i...

I'm not a fan of the usual dense American-style cheescakes, but I really like this Japanese souffle cheesecake. It tastes light and a...

My jeans came today and I couldn't button all buttons no matter how hard I tried. Thanks Zappos for free shipping both ways! I'm ...

First, I'd like to say, I'm very disappointed in my photos. I think the photo quality of my posts just decreases post after post. I...

It seems like my writing muse was left behind when the new year came. Actually, that's not really true, I was just overcame by lazines...

Last year on this day, Dec. 29, I started this blog after watching the movie Julie & Julia. I was ambitious, and I wanted to update ever...

Belated Merry Christmas to everyone! This year I had a very low key Christmas without a big feast. Quite a contrast to Thanksgiving! I didn...

I'm usually not a fan of "semi-homemade" things. I much prefer to start everything from scratch, like using fresh tomatoes as...

There are just way too many wonderful recipes out there and I can't possibly try them all. I'm going to make a list of recipes I lik...

At mom's work Christmas dinner last week, her boss, riding on her buzz, wanted me to bake them a cake. I asked her what she liked, she ...