{recipe} Orange-Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Chocolate Chunks
When I was but a youthful lass of 22, I worked at the fabulous Extraordinary Desserts in San Diego for about a year. If you’re ever in San Diego, I highly recommend stopping there...
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{recipe} Buddha-Approved End of Summer Salad
Here in San Francisco we’re enjoying the delicious days of Indian summer- after being shrouded in fog through July and August, our warm September days come and shower us with summer sun. As such,...
{recipe} Lemon Raspberry White Chocolate Cake Balls
This morning, I received the following email in my inbox from reader Chris: Dear Karen, I put your foodgawker entry for lemon raspberry white chocolate cake balls on my “favorites” list. That is such an...
{northern lights} Kakslauttanen Glass Igloos in Finland
When folks heard we were heading to Northeastern China for the Ice and Snow Festivals, I found it interesting that EVERYONE asked if we were staying in an ice hotel. To which I replied,...
{recipe} Moutarde Le Bête Noire
A couple months back I posted about a condiment competition between me and my Dad. At the time, I made a black mustard, which I called Moutarde Le Bête Noire (“Black Beast Mustard”), and...
{recipe} Apple Upside Down Cake
My mom calls this an apple cake-pie, but I don’t know why. She has been making it since I was a kid. It’s delicious! The hardest part is peeling and cutting the apples, which...
{hip-hop table} Salt N’ Pepa on your Salt N’ Pepa shakers
Heh. This is a great idea- salt and pepper shakers emblazoned with the visages of 80s female rap stars Salt N Pepa. You know, in case you’re color blind or something. They’re sold out...
{utahlicious} Super Sweet Swimmin’ Hole in Utah
Even though caves kind of freak me out, I am itching to go to this crater mineral bath in Utah. “It is a 55-foot tall, beehive-shaped limestone rock that nature has hollowed out and...
{ingenious} Gummi Bearskin Rug
YaYa Chou, a Taiwanese artist, created this bearskin-shaped rug out of Gummi Bears and fake nails, and it’s amazing. I have no words. I love it. Visit YaYa Chou’s site for more info and...
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