I was in Phoenix visiting my best friend Leah. (Oh! Already 2 months ago!) Our fairy tale began when we were 11 years old, believe it or not. We were both in the middle school band–she played trumpet and I played the clarinet. Maaaany years later, she is still my heart, my Liwi. Anyway, my [...]
I made these little ones last week—sort of as a last hurrah for my role as housesitter and also because I was mad-craving peanut butter. I think I’d been dreaming about peanut butter for an entire week, but never found a recipe that sounded right. But then I found a good one for Peanut Butter [...]
I’m housesitting for my parents right now. Part of my official housesitter duties includes taking care of the three exchange students my parents have living with them. It could have been a lot of work, but luckily, these kids (almost adults) are superstar students who need very little care from me. All I do is [...]
I’m sorry! It’s been ages since my last post! But I promise I have a good excuse—actually, I have a few: I moved in with my brother temporarily, I partied, I said my goodbye to San Francisco, I partied … and now I am home again. Back to the bird’s nest for 10 days of [...]
Made these in two rounds. Round 1: FLOP. The plan was to impress a friend of mine on her birthday with homemade mini profiteroles filled with lucuma pastry cream (the same fruit I used to make cheesecake). I did give them to her, though there was nothing impressive about them. They were these completely deflated, [...]
By Theresa
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Posted in Baked Goods - Sweet, Dessert, European, French, Latin American, Peruvian, Pies & Pastries
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Also tagged custard, European, French, lucuma, pastry
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Last Saturday a friend hosted an end-of-show event of an art exhibition. It’s a great organization dedicated to supporting local arts and local artists here in the Bay area. (Read up about the Poor Artists League here.) They even support this little baker and her food art. (^_^). Anyway, for the end-of-exhibition event, I volunteered [...]
A little birthday treat for my littlest Liso who celebrated her big 28 last Friday. I needed something that was compact and easy to transport—and something that would not make me look totally ridiculous waiting in line at the club (so much for that one—one club manager thought I brought my make-up kit). Brownies seemed [...]
This. Is. Gooooood. Deep, dark and nutty, this cake is more intense than chocolate cake yet less dense than a flourless torte. The whole house has been nibbling on it all week—and it’s still moist and flavorful. I’m convinced even that it tastes better now than when I first tried it. I made this on [...]
Liam and I had dinner this last Tuesday at Pho Vung Tau, my new favorite Vietnamese place in North Beach/Chinatown. (Dennis and I discovered it together a few weeks back…sigh.) With all that’s been going on in both our lives recently, I think we were both in need of some family time. Over Seafood Chow [...]
Yay! We have internet at home! F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. No more stealing, no more switching/tweaking/adjusting laptop positions and unlocked wireless networks in order to get connected. Some people (esp. Dennis) might not understand how we three girls have managed to live like this for already half a year (?!?!?!)—actually, now that we have internet, I don’t know [...]
