How to build a dinner-worthy charcuterie board with ideas for what to put on a cheese and charcuterie board and tips and tricks for arranging a showpiece platter! Plus all the components of an Italian Salumi themed charcuterie board! Serve with basil artichoke tapenade. This post is sponsored by Safeway, a year-long partner of Snixy…
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California Food Photography Workshop Recap
Last updated on November 3rd, 2018 A look back at a California food photography workshop hosted in Sebastopol, California co-hosted by Snixy Kitchen, The Bojon Gourmet, and Foodness Gracious. With access to a prop selection filled with local ceramics, attendees took styling, photography, and editing lessons, and then applied the guidance in real styling shoots….
California Food Styling & Photography Workshop
Last updated on April 24th, 2018 I’m teaming up with two of my idols and buddies to co-host our first ever food styling and photography workshop this summer and the time has finally come to spill all the details with you! I’m so excited and hope you can join us! (Also we sold half our tickets…
A Peek Inside Snixy Kitchen
Last updated on September 24th, 2017 When we bought our house last October, it wasn’t the first house we put an offer on – it wasn’t even the second. People told me that the house that was meant for us would find us, but I didn’t believe them. Instead I cried back, “you don’t know the Bay Area housing market!”…
30 Cheesy & Sweet Baby Shower Treats – A Virtual #CheeseBabyShower & Maternity Photos!
Last updated on November 3rd, 2018 When you wake up at 4:45am to twitter notifications blowing up your phone to tell you that a bunch of fabulously talented food blog friends have conspired to whip up your favorite foods in your honor for a surprise virtual baby shower all over the internet (#cheesebabyshower), you instantly stop caring that you’ve got wicked acid…
White Chocolate Matcha Latte + Photo Books
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 We’ve been home from Kyoto for a year and a half, and I’m still courting matcha like we just began a serious love affair and I can’t take my hands off of it. When Alanna showed up with a bag of “extra” organic matcha in hand a few weeks ago I could…
Your Favorite 14 Recipes from 2014
With 2015 barreling its way in, I’m freaking out just a tad. With the new year, comes my very last semester of graduate school (yay!). Except that means: only one more semester to finish up this dissertation, get it signed off, and find a job. “Welcome to the real world, Sarah.” – 2015
The Kitchen Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide {under $100}
Happy Holidays, lovelies! Are you celebrating with Christmas lights, snow, hot cocoa, and so much baking? I’m not quite there yet – I’m still hibernating while writing my dissertation like crazy this week. Did you ever pull an all nighter to get a paper done in college? Well I’m basically doing that, but for a week straight….
Healthy Nutella Pistachio Truffles & Our Wedding RSVP Recipe Book
Last updated on May 22nd, 2016 You probably thought you were done hearing about our wedding, didn’t you? You know how people say “it’s my birthday week” or “it’s my birthday month”? Well it’s our wedding decade, alright?! (Indulge me for a bit longer, will you?) When we mailed out our wedding invitations, the RSVP postcards had a…
Food Lover’s Guide to Kyoto
Last updated on August 11th, 2019 Let’s look past the fact that I’ve been sitting on this Kyoto jewel for exactly a year. I will flash Kyoto’s beauty to distract you from my tardiness. The fact of the matter is that Kyoto was so incredible that it took me this much time to take our photos from a bazillion to…
Food lover’s guide to Tokyo
Last updated on April 4th, 2015 You can order all the comfortable walking shoes you want in preparation for a two-week trek all around Taiwan and Japan, but it won’t matter if you don’t bring socks. Don’t try to fool yourself with those little half sock liners that hide so well under ballet flats – they don’t…
Strawberry mochi with red bean & A trip to Strawberry Land!
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Based on the sheer number of strawberry desserts I churn out 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 probably imagine…
Food lover’s guide to Taipei & Jiufen
Last updated on September 19th, 2018 Contrary to popular American belief, if you have a family of four with a fluffy dog, you don’t need a minivan. A scooter will do. Just one of the many fact jewels from our trip to Taipei. Also, carry an umbrella at all times. And your friend’s light-weight waterproof…
Baked white bean and artichoke dip
Last updated on April 16th, 2019 We should probably go pick up some lottery tickets. At least the low-investment scratch-off kind. You see, we’re on a winning streak. How’d you get so lucky? I don’t have an answer for that, so I’ll just brag about it instead. Our good fortune extends beyond how lucky I feel that I got to…
Our DIY Backyard BBQ Wedding – Part 2
Last updated on September 19th, 2018 We’re married! And no one fainted from heat! This post is the second half of our wedding tale – our bride & groom portraits and the DIY reception. To see pictures and read about our first look, bridal party, and ceremony details (including our vows), find part 1 here. With that,…
Our DIY Backyard BBQ Wedding – Part 1
Last updated on November 4th, 2018 You wanna come to our wedding without melting in the 110 degree heat? I thought so. Here’s your invitation. Even though we got married…oh, 7 months ago, I’m just now finally getting around to sharing our photos with you. It took us about 8 months to create our dream…
Mexican wedding cookies & Engagement photos!
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Alright guys, the month of experimenting in the kitchen begins! After weeks of complaining about studying, I finally took and passed my qualifying exam on Friday. Wahoo! A free woman! Up next: dissertation (no big deal, right?). But first, a break. Early Saturday morning began with puffs of flour…
