Animal is one of my favorite LA spots now. And it's not just because we had our first celebrity sighting there (Abed!). Animal is topping my list because they made brussels sprouts so good that while I was digging into the next dish of poutine (gravy and cheese covered fries) all I could think about was more brussels sprouts. It sounds...

We had great success making molten chocolate lava cakes last year around Valentine's Day. This year we decided to change it up ever so slightly by making white chocolate lava cakes with a hint of lime for a little extra kick. Top with ice cream and fudge sauce for a decadent treat. Things have been crazy busy around here, so I'll keep it...

In the second installment of our cookie challenge, we hit up a couple of our favorite Santa Monica locales. Without further adieu... M Street Kitchen is another great bakery and restaurant near the beach. The absolutely enormous (I swear it weighed a pound), fairly traditional chocolate cookie (soft in the center with crispy edges) gets a...

As good as the Animal Style Cheeseburger Pizza was, it was not, however, our special Valentine's pizza. For that evening, we went with something a little fancier feeling and more sophisticated in flavor (we did make double the amount of pizza dough when we made the cheeseburger pizza to cut down on our Valentine's evening work). Dustin made a...

Dustin thinks we should take this idea to In-N-Out and try to sell it to them. I have to admit that after eating it, my ever-present craving for an In-N-Out Burger, Animal Style was completely gone because honestly, this was so much better. This pizza far exceeded my expectations, and this pizza was my idea. Basically this pizza is all of the...

Scallops are by far one of our favorite proteins. If you're talking raw food, I think it tops Erin's list. We'd wanted to make a nice pasta dish with scallops, and Erin found this adventurous recipe. You know she had me convinced with this recipe when she said it had bourbon in it. Jalapeños and cream sure didn't hurt. We both agreed that the...

We are absolutely about our crazy new pup. Bella, or Little Bear, as we affectionately refer to her, is also pretty crazy about us, so much so that she has a crazy barking fit whenever we leave the house. We've given her plenty of practice spending time alone in her "den" while we are home, but she still loses her cool getting us some noise...

Happy Valentine's Day! We are spending this evening going back to our Valentine's pizza eating tradition this year after spending last year apart with me in New York for grad school interviews. We got into the spirit a little early this year when we had some friends over for dinner this week by serving these pink velvet bars (pink velvet because...

It seems many of our favorite restaurants in SoCal (that we've found so far) are located in Venice. One such restaurant is Wurstkuche, a German beer and sausage joint with a fun, Seattle-esque vibe.  They've got amazing classic brats and all sorts of exotic sausages (like rabbit and rattlesnake) as well as addictive fries. It's one of the few...

We've made Dr. Pepper pulled pork, but I thought a nice root beer-y flavor would be equally delicious. So we busted out the crockpot and cooked some pork shoulder all day long (seriously the apartment smelled soooo good). We didn't make sandwiches this time around, but just ate it straight with BBQ sauce. We've had a few issues getting fall...