Last updated on November 3rd, 2018 The holidays seem like the best time of the year to pull out cherished family recipes. In addition to my great grandma’s candied walnuts recipe my mom pulled out last week, she also passed her mom’s persimmon cookie recipe on to me – typos, butter stains, and all. I’m not exactly sure what my…
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Gluten-free Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 A couple of weeks ago, I invited my friend Dane over for chili and cornbread, but instead made him cook the whole meal himself. I’m an excellent host. Let’s back up. You see, that night, Angi and I let her boyfriend Dane crash our weekly dinner date while Lucas was…
Homemade Gluten-Free Chickpea Pasta
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Back in August, I fortuitously met Phi of Princess Tofu at a Bay Area food blogger’s picnic on the very same day I’d decided to make a pot of silken oboro tofu at home without a recipe (more on that to come). I selfishly prodded with questions of tofu-making, while scarfing…
Cardamom Pear Crisp
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 All of the women in my extended family gather around the dining table for a rowdy game of Taboo over dessert every Thanksgiving. Picking your team is serious business – my mom has two sisters and between the three of them, the odds are high that you’ll end up on a team where the entire…
Maple Walnut Bars {gluten-free}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’m a terrible daughter. My dad’s birthday falls on or around Thanksgiving every year, and even though walnut desserts (namely walnut pie and Walnettos) are his favorite, I always bake him a pecan pie instead. The sole reason being that my namesake passed her award-winning pecan pie recipe down to…
Halloween Jack Skellington Ricotta Olive Tarts
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Halloween struts in at just the right time. With some sort of time warp, it’s magically the end of October and I’m on the brink of losing my mind. Anyone else with me? I poured a scoop of cat food into the detergent slot of the washing machine at…
Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Glaze {Gluten-free}
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 On our flight back from Philadelphia two weeks ago, I found myself in a middle seat caught in a conversational crossfire between Lucas and the founder of HotorNot.com at the very moment I’d decided to get some dissertation writing done. If ever there was place to be a fly on the wall….
Lemon meringue s’mores with shortbread cookies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 The open call for meyer lemon poachers still stands. No one has yet taken me up on the offer…except for the opossums who keep leaving mangled up lemons in the middle of our weed garden. I’m here to tempt you to come collect a basket of lemons by pulling out the…
Cherry Garcia cupcakes: Chocolate chip cupcakes with cherry frosting {gluten-free}
Last updated on October 30th, 2018 Before you start screaming that I’m a month late and it’s not cherry season anymore, just hear me out. Rather than juicy summer berries, these cupcakes get their tart cherry flavor from freeze-dried cherries folded into the frosting – available all year round! I picked up this freeze-dried berry frosting trick from my…
Double mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches
Last updated on October 30th, 2018 My Nana taught me many important life lessons. For starters, she made sure I knew how to eat popcorn politely – “one piece of popcorn at a time […will keep you from looking like a fool when you drop half a handful down your shirt while shoveling it in your face].”…
Strawberry mochi with red bean & A trip to Strawberry Land!
Last updated on July 7th, 2020 Based on the sheer number of strawberry desserts I make every summer, you probably already know that I’m a strawberry fangirl. So when the California Strawberry Commission invited me and nine other bloggers down to tour a Santa Cruz strawberry farm to learn about California’s sweetest crop, you can…
Gluten-free apricot galette with lavender caramel sauce
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Welcome to the new and improved Snixy Kitchen! If you’ve been here before, you’ll notice things look quite a bit different. About a week ago, I spilled the beans about the redesign and today I’m finally rolling it out for y’all! And we’re celebrating with a slice or two or…
Gluten-free deep chocolate layer cake
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I got caught in the middle of the top-secret of all surprises, wearing a pink leopard print apron with a chocolate covered spatula in hand. There are surprises that if discovered before their time maybe bum the surprise-giver out for a split second, but really aren’t that big of a deal. Like…
Gluten-free carrot cupcakes with honey cream cheese frosting
Last updated on April 18th, 2019 My college boyfriend thought I was a terrible cook. I was offended, and the fact that he explicitly told me so was a pretty clear sign there were better fish in the sea. To his credit though, he was probably right. One of my $1.50 gourmet dinner specialties in…
Strawberry fairy cakes with blueberry cream cheese frosting
Last updated on June 12th, 2019 There was a period of time in my life when I carried around a trunk full of hula hoops, balloon animals, and rainbow parachutes. You need to tie something down? Let me pull out my tug-of-war rope. And just in case you’re ever in a pinch, a parachute will also…
Pan-fried sole & mixed wild rice with roasted grapes (gluten-free)
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’ve been in a rut with my dissertation lately. When you’re in a rut, you reflect. Reflect on what’s keeping you from making the progress that you need. Then maybe you can figure out how to get over that and just write your little heart out. And I think I’ve discovered…
Triple chocolate gluten-free brownies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 How many potlucks with piles of freshly baked flour-filled goodies must a person like me endure? Pure torture for the gluten-free, I say. The host of the last one boasted a brownie taste-test among the spread of chocolate-y confections. So what does one who can’t eat them do? Force-feed…
Sesame peach mochi cookies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 On each plate at the reception, we had a “Letter to the Bride & Groom” Madlib to entertain guests while we rushed to take as many pictures as possible in our now 20 minute cocktail “hour” that got cut short because of the shuttle snafu. We grabbed them all…
Strawberry lemon curd tart with gluten-free almond crust
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I went to a dessert party last night. Every year during finals, my late advisor would host a dessert party at her home, bringing together people from all different academic communities for a night of relaxation, strange drinks, chocolate fondue, and ice cream sundaes. To continue this tradition, her research…
