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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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…
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].”…
Pink heart meringues bites
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Remember a few weeks ago when my mom and I pretended I was in elementary school preparing to give homemade edible Valentines to all of my classmates? (Wait, actually…that’s not a terrible idea. I’m giving a research presentation on V-day and I bet I could win them over with…
Flourless salted almond chocolate cookies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Spoiler alert: Today’s post is brought to you by the letter C as in Chocolate and the number 1,000,000 as in how many total page views we hit last week! When I first started this blog in January two years ago (TWO YEARS AGO?!), we were taking photos with our point…
Iced oatmeal pumpkin spiced cookies (gluten-free)
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 This week was a big first for me. My first time passing out candy to little people dressed in bizarre outfits. Earlier Halloween day, I was on the phone with my mom when my brother called her to ask how much candy he needed to buy – would he…
Pumpkin pie rice crispy treats
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Summer weather finally rolled in to the East Bay a couple of weeks ago. And just as quickly departed this week as chills of fall and early winter took over. A trip to the produce market confirmed what the crisp air indicated: summer 2013 was officially dead. Get your…
Dashboard chocolate chip cookies (gluten-free!)
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 “Golly, it was hot this weekend!” said everyone everywhere. Usually it doesn’t hit the hundreds in Chico until August, but we’ve already survived three heat-wave weekends at my parents’ house. At least this time the pool wasn’t covered with a dance floor so we could hop on in after…
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…
Lemon cream pavlova
Last updated on January 27th, 2019 A year ago, I told you about our anniversary day of cooking where Lucas and I each secretly and simultaneously prepared a dish to serve for our 2-year anniversary meal. I whipped up citrus tuna tartare with pear chips and lavender lemon cupcakes, while Lucas concocted tender chocolate stout braised short ribs, and we…
Skinny lemon poppy seed cookies
Last updated on March 21st, 2013 Although I’ve been to Texas a couple of times (I’ve even made the long drive across the state in the middle of July), last week marked my first trip to Lucas’s hometown just outside of Houston. January promised cooler weather than our last August trip to Austin. We readied our stomachs for…
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…
Not-your-mama’s oatmeal raisin cookies
Last updated on June 23rd, 2014 Sometimes I send gifts late. I like to extend holidays and birthdays by shipping out a present a week after the occasion just to make people feel loved longer. It has nothing to do with forgetfulness or a lack of preparedness. Nothing. That’s exactly what I did with these…
Rocky road cookies
Last updated on March 7th, 2013 After running his own business building custom homes for the past 30+ years, my dad recently took a job as a civil inspector for the gas and electric company. This career shift requires him to live out of a suitcase in hotels around Northern California five days a week. Bummer…
Lemon honey chamomile cookies
Last updated on July 29th, 2013 Happy Mother’s Day! For those of you who stop by here regularly, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve got the world’s most loving mom; no matter what she’s doing, my mom (Sheri) makes it a point to comment on nearly every recipe I post. And not just here, but on…
Honey green tea sandwich cookies
Last updated on July 2nd, 2012 Phew! I churned out a 22-page paper yesterday, and I’m celebrating this small success with cookies. Yes folks, that means there’s a draft of my third qualifying paper on the table! Major edits will be in the works over the next couple weeks, but for now, I’ve composed some…
Molasses pistachio bars
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 In a move that makes everyone around feel inferior and unaccomplished, my classmate Dan passed his qualifying exams on Monday. Okay, I really am more impressed and inspired by his example than I am defeated, but still. GEEZ, way to make the rest of us look bad;) He began…
S’mores cookies
Last updated on July 1st, 2012 Day two of Productivity Week and I’ve already submitted my second qualifying paper with revisions! I should start this post with something about these amazing cookies, but I’m too excited celebrating checking one pretty hefty step off my list of PhD requirements. Only a few more hurdles (interspersed with…
Blood orange curd shortbread bars
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 For the past two weeks, I’ve been stewing up elaborate plans to use the bucketful of pre-ripened blood oranges from my cousin’s tree to make marmalade. When Scott suggested I take some of these tart citruses for this purpose, I agreed without entirely knowing what marmalade was. I knew…
Shaved white chocolate chunk cookies
Last updated on July 1st, 2012 I like my cookies thin, moist, and chewy. I’ve experimented with different chocolate chip cookie recipes over the years, but always wind up back at my mom’s trusty formula. It is, hands down, the best thin, moist, and chewy essential cookie you’ll ever eat; it’s a proven fact. Corey…
Meringue cloud cookies
Last updated on January 23rd, 2019 As a spooky Halloween treat last year, I made meringue cloud ghosts and brought some upstairs to my landlords. We have an exchange going; I share my homemade sugary sweets and Max, their middle school aged aspiring chef, brings me bites of his hand baked goods. I think Max’s…
