In preparation for spending nearly two months traveling, I reached out to some of my food blogger friends and asked them if they would be interested in guest posting on my site. Today’s guest post is by Sun from Hungry Gopher. You may remember Sun from our collaboration earlier this year where she made my grilled
Classic French Madeleines
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to meet chef Daniel Boulud at the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Conference in Washington D.C. He was at the conference for Jacques Pepin’s 80th Birthday Celebration and was wandering around mingling with guests during the party. With Daniel Boulud in Washington DC When I realized his
Banana Coconut Paletas
This recipe is funny to me. I’ve combined two things that I only marginally like to create a recipe I love. Well, that may not be the most inciting introduction to a recipe I am hoping you will actually make, so let me explain… My relationship with bananas is complicated. I do not like eating bananas whole
Iced Coffee & Tea Drinks From Around the World
The past month has been a blur. Between teaching baking classes, traveling, and moving I’ve been drinking my fair share of coffee to stay energized. Luckily it’s been amazing coffee from some of the best roasters and coffee shops in the country — Intelligentsia in Chicago, The Flying Joe in Perrysburg, Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor,
Cuban Flan de Leche
I love talking to people about their favorite recipes and the foods they grew up with. At my last job, we had some of the friendliest and most interesting produce delivery drivers. While I did not look forward to checking in the order and putting all of the produce away, I always enjoyed talking to
Middle Eastern Mint Lemonade (Limonana)
Julie, my next-door-neighbor in Perrysburg, is currently in Amman, Jordan. Julie is an audiologist and is on a humanitarian mission to help fit children with hearing aids. I’ve never been to the Middle East so I was excited to hear her stories and, being that Middle Eastern and Mediterranean are two of my favorite cuisines, talk
Korean Egg Roll (Gyeranmari)
If I could only eat one cuisine for the rest of my life, I’m not sure what I would choose. I would think about choosing French for the bread, cheese, pastries, and sauces, or maybe American for the barbecue and homestyle desserts. But when it came down to it, I would probably pick Korean for the
5 Must Try Korean Dishes
I love to eat at Korean restaurants but I’ll confess that I don’t have much experience cooking traditional Korean cuisine, aside from one brief attempt at making kimchi. When I studied in Seoul, our tour guides took us to the Kimchi Field Museum where we learned about the national dish and did a short kimchi making
Ragu alla Bolognese
When I’m reading about a place or watching a movie set in a certain location, I often find myself craving the local food and the meals depicted in the story. The movie Chef had me thinking about cuban sandwiches for days, I craved ribs after watching House of Cards, and Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast made me
Champorado – Filipino Chocolate Rice Pudding
For the next stop on the Rice Pudding Around the World series, we’re headed to the Philippines… When asked about my favorite cities and countries around the world, my two answers are Paris and the Philippines. Paris is a given, but my response of the Philippines is often met with a bit of surprise. A few years ago I studied