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  • breakfast dessert food

    Bara Brith (Welsh tea bread)

    The first time I heard about Bara Brith was when watching the Great British Bake Off! I was hooked and I knew I needed to try this. Bara Brith which means Speckled Bread, is…

    October 16, 2020
  • dessert food

    Date Babka

    In honor of the Great British Bake Off’s Bread Week, this is the perfect time to share my recipe for a date filled babka. A cardamom infused babka dough with a date paste, cinnamon,…

    October 9, 2020
  • dessert food

    Marzipan Challah

    Never. Never, would I have thought I would ever make bread, let alone enjoy making it. But here I am, after a month of baking loaf after loaf. Finding the perfect place to let…

    October 2, 2020
  • dessert food

    Bomboloni (Italian doughnut)

    Every once in a while, I crave doughnuts. Not those heavy cake donuts but ones that are light and airy (so I can eat more than one)— the bomboloni. This Italian doughnut is traditionally…

    September 18, 2020
  • dinner food

    Chicken potstickers

    Quarantine meant that we hadn’t eaten out for a very long time. For my potsticker and gyoza fix, I gravitated towards Trader Joe’s frozen food section. But after a long time, I got really…

    September 11, 2020
  • breakfast food

    Cinnamon Streusel Pancakes

    I had originally tried this recipe a couple of months ago. Even though it tasted really good, it required separating the egg yolks and whites and that is just too much effort for a…

    September 9, 2020
  • dessert food

    Lemon and Raspberry Pavlova

    Who would’ve thought that I would make a meringue thing—let alone a pavlova? This was one of my favorite recipes to make and was delicious. This perfect for the summertime pavlova has crém chantilly…

    August 28, 2020
  • food lunch vegetarian

    Parsley Frittata/fritter

    Syrian frittata or العجة in Arabic, was one of my favorite dishes growing up. It wasn’t until 2 months ago that me and my sister learned this dish was supposed to be fried—my mom…

    August 21, 2020