After making a more traditional Reese's dessert a few months back, I decided to make inside outside peanut butter cups where the peanut butter is on the outside and the chocolate is on the outside for a fun and different twist. All these homemade candies require are two ingredients, a mini muffin pan and liners, and a little bit of time and...

We do the majority of our grocery shopping at Whole Foods because their produce and and meat are superior, but occasionally on our walks with Bonnie to the park, we'll stop by Safeway for non-perishables and to grab an extra ingredient or two we might have added to our grocery list or forgotten. It's also the place where I occasionally impulse...

After the success of the the Funfetti chocolate chip cookies (even though you don't seem them combined too often, cake batter flavor + chocolate is a real winner), I wanted to do something similar and not use cake mix in the base. Ideally, I wanted to use butter extract, which is apparently the secret to that distinct cake batter flavor, but...

I've always wanted to make Rice Krispy-eqsue treats from another kind (i.e. tastier) of cereal to make them a little more fun. After making the fruity cereal milk, I had a bunch of leftover Fruity Pebbles, and since Dustin and I don't really eat cereal for breakfast, I figured this would be a great way to use them up, as yet another treat for...

Rice pudding is definitely not the prettiest thing to eat or to photograph, but this recipe, earmarked in my Pastry Queen Cookbook for months, is absolutely delicious and decadent. I can't believe it has taken me this long to make! It does require a decent bit of time to make— a few hour of preparation to make the ducle de leche, cook the rice,...

This dessert doesn't look like much in the pictures, but trust me, it is rich and luxurious— doughnut in thick, rich, liquid form. There is a "molecular gastronomy" restaurant in Chicago called Moto that pioneered the idea of doughnut soup. Ever since I heard about it, I've been wanting to recreate it at home. Since the weather will (hopefully)...

Happy Easter (and Passover)! Today we are celebrating Easter with a fancy brunch and mimosas. Tonight we are celebrating Passover with our Rice friends in Seattle by having a Seder meal. It's also Opening Day for baseball, and we had a busy day running around doing touristy things in Seattle with our friends yesterday before they left town....

Making homemade versions of different candy bars is near the top of my list of desserts to make given the success of the 3 Musketeers we made last summer. However, it always seems that something else jumps to the very top before any candy bars are created. With Easter coming up, Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs are popular and popping up everywhere,...

Last night we planned a fun-filled evening of NCAA basketball and Zero Dark Thirty. I entered a bracket at work and went 10 for 10 at the start of the first round. I was leading the bracket all up to the last 4 games of round 1 (winner got a $25 gift card to Starbucks). All I needed was for Notre Dame, Oklahoma or UCLA (hopefully UCLA because I...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We celebrated the holiday a little early by going out Friday night then bringing this deliciously festive dessert to a fondue party on Saturday night. This is another creation from the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. And I'm not going to lie— after eating there in person, being able to frequent Momofuku in person is a real...