cookies and christmas pjs
Hi! In less than three days, we’re jumping on (or, more accurately, “squeezing a toddler and many bags and a stroller and a car seat onto”) a plane and heading to Hawaii for the first time since our...
View Articlebuttercream roses and rose buttercream
Believe it or not, these pretty little buttercream roses were piped by yours truly. For someone who is all thumbs and, at best, has a passing knowledge of how to decorate a cake, this is a feat...
View Articlesalted yolk & lotus paste beignets
Beignets! It’s been awhile since a capital-P Project has landed on this blog. Since the advent of our little guy, I’ve been more tempted to fill my Saturday mornings with alphabet books and trips to...
View Articleasian pear and jasmine crumbles // a common table giveaway!
It’s two months of A Common Table giveaways! From now until December, I’ll be sharing a recipe from the cookbook here and holding a giveaway of one of my favorite kitchen treasures used in the book...
View Articlebutterscotch mochi bars // a common table giveaway!
It’s two months of A Common Table giveaways! From now until December, I’ll be sharing a recipe from the cookbook here and holding a giveaway of one of my favorite kitchen treasures used in the book...
View Articledouble chocolate mochi bit ice cream with black sesame fudge sauce
This ice cream owes its existence to a younger and more foolish me, who once had what she thought was a genius idea, oh, you always eat brownies way too quickly, maybe if you freeze them, you’ll eat...
View Articleblack sesame cookies & cream cupcakes
Last weekend, the folks behind my favorite shop in LA, Now Serving, hosted a bake sale to raise funds for Australian bushfire relief. I’ve felt at a loss lately as to what to do as the fires continue,...
View Articlerose & lychee snowskin mooncakes
I hadn’t intended to post a recipe for Mid-Autumn Festival this year, but these rose and lychee snowskin mooncakes were such a hit with our little family that I thought I’d share them here with you,...
View Articleblack sesame caramel walnut bars (and black sesame fudge)
Last year a few lovely friends sent me a care package from a new-to-me bakery in Brooklyn called Patisserie Tomoko. There were little yuzu-scented cookies, perfect macarons, and pudgy mochi filled...
View Articlethanksgiving leftover cranberry apple streusel tart
This tart comes from a recipe I first learned of at a baking demo that the lovely (and aptly genius) Kristen Miglore did for her beautiful book Genius Desserts back in 2018. The original recipe, by...
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