Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies
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2018
Cakes - Cupcakes, Giveaways, HEB Primo Picks, pumpkin, Thanksgiving
Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake
From the archives Like anyone else with a pulse, I have major love-hate for the Pumpkin Spicing of everything. (And the Red Velveting of everything but I’ll whine about that in Febraury.) Some of it’s good. Some of it’s just eh. But I will not be apologizing for throwing another Pumpkin Spice [Whatever] recipe onto […]
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Chocolate (Strep) Cake with Raspberry Buttercream | Matt’s Birthday
Did you know that small children can be “carriers” of strep throat but not show any visible symptoms? Did you know that Matt is a very open person who shares water glasses with the kids and is ready to receive slobbery kisses on the mouth from the…
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Hot Dog Rice Bowl + Mom Rage!
I wanted to make something special for you to officially announce the launch of my brand new podcast: Mom Rage. I was thinking about something akin to a Mom Rage Pie or Mom Rage brownies. I dunno. It didn’t happen! What you get instead is the above …
She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Interviews, She Thais, She Uncooks
Bury Me in Nam Phrik: Mike Sula’s Exploration of Thai Relishes (Plus Salted Soybean-Pork Rind Relish Recipe)
Around this time last year, I met with some of my friends who are part of Dill Magazine to talk about something I had wanted to see for a long time: a story on Thai relishes, nam phrik. These dishes form the most significant segment of Thai cui…
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Thai Rice Soup (Khao Tom)
Guys! It’s been so long. I know. I’m sorry. But I got so much done in the interim. In fact, making this soup and timing it with Matt’s availability to photograph it on a weekend reminded me of how much effort it takes to bon appétempt. First, yo…
She Fries, She Rants and Muses, She Thais
Food and Cooking in Thai TV Dramas, Love Destiny, 17th Century Siam, and Crispy Noodle-Wrapped Pork Dumplings
For a country that takes such great pride in its cuisine, Thailand, surprisingly, hasn’t seemed very enthusiastic about spotlighting its food in its cinematic endeavors. If it’s true that art imitates life, then it’s quite perplexin…
She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Stocks a Thai Pantry, She Thais, She Uncooks
A Simple Thai Dipping Sauce
Here’s a simple dipping sauce that I made the other day just as I’ve done hundreds of times in my life. It’s very easy to make; it doesn’t require special ingredients; it is extremely versatile. How versatile? Let me cou…
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Cake & Carnitas | Teddy & Isaac
Just a quick post to share these great photos Matt took from Teddy’s birthday party this past weekend. Teddy wanted a chocolate cake. I prefer a vanilla birthday cake, so I wasn’t too excited. I’d already decided I was going to make carnitas for the…