{recipe} Caribbean Sea Margaritas
It’s finally raining steadily here in California, which is great news because we are in a terrible drought! The silver lining of the drought is that no one is complaining about the rain; in...
Author: Karen
{recipe} Hearty Beef Shank Stew with Parmesan Dumplings
I pinned a recipe for beef stew with parmesan dumplings on Pinterest about a year ago, and every time I see the photo, it has a Pavlovian effect on me – I start to...
{recipe roundup} 25 of the Best Super Bowl Party Recipes
Planning to watch the game tomorrow? Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite recipes from my own collection and from around the web. Bring any of these to a Super Bowl party and...
{travelogue} Street Eats and Spicy Stuff; Crickets and Craft Beer: A Second Time Around in Shanghai
I recently went back to what I think might be my #1 favorite Chinese city: Shanghai. I have met so many Westerners who tell me they don’t like Shanghai, but I think the problem...
{secret chef tips} 8 Important Things You Should Know About Cooking with Garlic
I love garlic. And apparently, so does everyone else: it’s one of the most ubiquitous seasonings in the world, used by people in every country and thought to have many health benefits and healing...
{recipe} 10 Minute Dinner: Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter, Parsley, & Toasted Almonds
Dinner in 10 minutes from start to finish? Yes, it can happen. This is a super simple and fast way to make pumpkin ravioli taste great – and it literally takes 10 minutes from...
{10 second vacation} Hidden Beaches & Floating Villages of Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay, Vietnam
If you travel to North Vietnam, chances are you will make an excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage site at Ha Long Bay. Its calm waters are dotted with unique karst formations, tiny beaches,...
{recipe} The Best Double Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World
In general, I tend to take issue with the overuse of superlatives I see in recipes these days – it seems like everything is the “BEST EVER” or the “MOST AMAZING” or the “LIFE...
{recipe} Creamy Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut and Red Curry (That Happens to Also Be Vegan and Gluten-Free)
I may be a meat-lover down to the (probably delicious) marrow in my bones, but living in San Francisco means I have vegan friends, of course. While this soup was created explicitly for them,...
{haiku review} Giordano Bros Sandwiches in San Francisco, CA
Giordano Bros – 2 locations in San Francisco, at 303 Columbus Avenue and 3108 16th Street.
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