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Buttermilk cornbread

Process of elimination

Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Paris

Pavlova

Oktoberfest Obatzda (Bavarian cheese spread)

Honey (or maple) fried ham

Zucchini carbonara

Summer blueberry cake (and a blogiversary giveaway)

Jalapeño greek yogurt dip

Hula pie

Sweet vinegar slaw

Mom’s (even better) barbecue chicken

Labneh party spread

Kitchen hack: Cleaning the kettle

Soy sauce poached fish

Magic mushrooms

Chicken and veggie lettuce cups

Discovery Saturday

Irish soda bread (classic and cranberry-orange)

Sparking joy

Fried won tons with sweet-sour sauce

Tuscan wild boar sauce (no boar required)

Super duper veggie burger

This is how the real chinese grandmas do it. We are home to California for the summer, and this is the kind of food my mom makes on a daily basis. Handmade dumplings, which are just not found anywhere but in a real Chinese grandma kitchen.

My simplified take on the versatile stir fry. Sub in your veg of choice.

Main course recipes don’t get any easier than this classic Filipino dish. Throw chicken and simple seasonings in a cold pot, then stick it on the stove and simmer until you have a glossy brown succulent chicken to serve steaming hot over rice. The sauce is a piquant mix of soy sauce, apple cider vinegar,…