Long story short – I started an Instagram for this blog. If you have an Insta for your blog as well, I would love to follow each other! You can find me at https://www.instagram.com/halicopteraway/. So I have been putting off getting an Insta for the longest time. Some of my reasons were practical – I …
Fluffy, soft, with just a hint of cream and sweetness, these chocolate milk pancakes are easy to make and even easier to eat! Sunday mornings are the perfect time for pancakes and a cup of tea. And one of the great things about pancakes is that they taste perfectly delicious made from a boxed mix. …
Every bite of this cookie is full of sweet pools of melted chocolate that perfectly balance out crunchy toffee chunks. The homemade toffee brings caramel undertones to wonderfully soft and satisfying cookies. This recipe was the result of an unfortunate accident. I’d brought back Alyonka chocolate bars from my trip to Moscow, stacks of them …
Flaky, buttery, and fragrant, scallion pancakes are a perfect accompaniment to a hot bowl of soup or as an appetizer before a Chinese feast! Scallion pancakes remind me of Sunday’s where my dad would make 100 dumplings and I would help him roll and pinch the dumpling skins together. Plump, happy looking dumplings would line …
Of all the months (all 12 of them), September is my favorite month. The heat from summer is just dying down, and the air gets that slight snap that tells you Fall is here but Winter is still far away. I was hoping I would get more time in the Bay Area this September, but …
Rumor: British food is terrible and all you eat is fish & chips and English breakfast. My experience: London is foodie heaven… and I didn’t eat fish & chips at all. If you love to eat, you’ll love London. How can you not, when there are delicious places to eat on every corner, with cuisines …
Even though Yosemite is only a 4 hour drive away, I’ve flown to China more times than I’ve visited the iconic national park. Actually I’d flown to China infinity more times than I’d gone to Yosemite, because, up until 2 weeks ago, I’d gone to Yosemite all of 0 times. I’d heard about how beautiful …
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A couple of weeks ago I found myself with a day-old baguette and a sneaking suspicion that if I didn’t turn the baguette into something delicious, it would lay moldering in the kitchen for the next week. I had the eggs and cinnamon to make a delicious French toast – but no milk! And there …
It seems almost silly to have a whole post dedicated to grilling bread. How hard can it be? You grab some bread… and you grill it. But how do you get that perfect, crunchy exterior striped with aesthetic grill lines? It needs to crackle as you bite down, be buttery but not greasy, and act …
These Chai-infused shortbread cookies have all the earthy spices of Chai tea and buttery richness of shortbread cookies. Tea-infused butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon and all spice create a smooth Chai flavor in every bite. Fall is just around the corner. Not that San Francisco really has seasons, but you can feel it in …