Dustin went back to Seattle to tie up some loose ends while I stayed in Los Angeles taking care of the pup and getting oriented for school. I really wanted to send Dustin back to Seattle with a treat for our friends, as a thank you for letting him stay with them and also because I thought they needed one last Erin dessert since I don't know the...

I had a picture in my head of what this dinner would look like— cute little lasagna pinwheels covered in marinara and cheese. Well the strips of lasagna were not large enough that I could stack them like I wanted without them falling apart. My cute roll ups ended up more like enchiladas, but whatever. They were tasty, and I've learned some...

Pizzeria Mozza is a hotspot pizza joint in Hollywood that serves unique pizzas with charred, crispy crust. This restaurant by Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, and Nancy Silverton, head of La Brea bakery serves delicious, upscale pizzas (and is apparently a good place to look for celebrities when visiting Los Angeles). It was so popular when it...

I've been wanting to make arancini (fried risotto balls) pretty much since the first time we've made risotto. But it always seems likes there is never quite enough to make it worth it, or else we have some really weird risotto mix-ins that wouldn't translate into the best arancini. Plus it wasn't until relatively recently that we felt...

The food in this post is from a long time ago. Like really a long time ago. Like more than a year ago— circa July 2012. I found it at the bottom of the WordPress drafts folder thinking I would delete it since it had been so long and there would be no way we'd be able to find the pictures. But to my surprise I had already put pictures into the...

I originally thought about making roasted corn with smoked paprika as a side dish for another meal, but decided I was so excited about the flavor combination that it should be the highlight of the meal. A cheesy risotto seemed like the perfect base to which to add the corn and paprika. Since Dustin considers himself the risotto master of the...

It should come as no surprise that I love my Dahlia Bakery Cookbook. Apparently these peanut butter on peanut butter sandwich cookies (basically a soft and much larger version of a store-bought Nutter Butter cookie) named Nora Ephron cookies after the late rom-com director tasted one while filming Sleepless in Seattle and declared them to be her...

I've become slightly obsessed with roasting fruits and vegetables even though it's super hot here. Roasting just enhances the flavor and makes your kitchen smell so good. Worth having to deal with a hot oven. I kept the flavors of this banana bread super simple (usually I like to add cinnamon and all kinds of spices or brown the butter or...

Apparently more than half of the produce consumed in the United States is grown right here in California. As a result farmer's markets here are a way of life. Farmer's markets were popular in Washington, but don't compare to the ones here. As previously mentioned there are multiple farmer's market here, and they are a food lover's dream. Since...

Lemonade- Lemonade is a local chain out here in LA that offers a range of healthy mix-n-match dishes. It's sort of like an updated cafeteria where you go in and can get a hodgepodge of vegetables dishes in addition to meats and freshly made sandwiches. We really enjoyed the unique flavors of the different veggie focused salads and pastas. We've...