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A couple of months ago my mom and I ran a 5k in Irvine. This was the first 5k I had run in almost 12 years, and my mom’s first ever 5k. Needless to say, we were a bit proud of ourselves. We celebrated afterwards with a visit to my favorite bakery, 85°C Bakery Cafe. [...]

I no longer use an oven when I make pizza, I use a fry pan. This is not a technique I came up with, just one I fell in love with a few years ago. I recently posted some pictures on Instagram of one of our fry pan pizza nights, and got so many questions [...]

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Every year on Christmas morning, as soon as my brothers and I were all awake and my parents gave us the go-ahead, we’d run to the fireplace to see what Santa had left in [...]

The first time Mr. Fuji and I moved to Japan I was quick to notice the sandwich bread, known as shokupan, in our local supermarket: cellophane bags filled with thick square slices of white bread, and no heels in sight—and when I say thick, I’m talking one and half inches thick! Mr. Fuji told me [...]

My Mexican Pizza topped with a fragrant tomato sauce, creamy queso fresco, red onion, and escabeche (pickled jalapenos and carrots) was inspired by a pizza I ate pool-side more than once during my trip to Cancun last month with Mr. Fuji.

As a stay-at-home mom, I’m usually the one baking cakes, cookies, etc. for special occasions, and it’s not unheard of that a mom bakes her own birthday cake. That’s just the way it is sometimes, and personally, I’m okay with that! If baking my own chocolate cake means that it will turn out exactly how [...]

Orange Cardamom Bread Makes 1 large loaf, or 2 regular size loaves 5 1/4 cups white bread flour 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 tablespoons, rounded, instant yeast (my favorite is SAF Instant Yeast) 1 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 3/4 cups warm water (120 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit) 1/4 cup fresh [...]

Pumpkin Coconut Yeast Bread Makes 4 small loaves 8 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 4 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast 2 teaspoons salt 1 3/4 cup pumpkin puree 1 1/2 cups warm coconut milk (110 degrees Fahrenheit) 1/2 cup melted butter 2 large eggs 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed 1. Whisk together the flour, yeast, and [...]

Grape Bread Pudding with White Chocolate Sauce Makes 6 servings 2 large eggs 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons almond extract 1/2 loaf (8 ounces) French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 1/2 cups fresh red grapes 1 cup (6 ounces) white chocolate chips For the white chocolate sauce: 2/3 [...]

Add this recipe to ZipList! Grape and Rosemary Focaccia Adapted from Green Black Red: Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes Makes 8 servings 5 to 6 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 scant tablespoon instant yeast (I recommend SAF Instant Yeast, it’s my favorite!)* 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups warm (110 degrees [...]

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