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Making Claire Saffitz’s “Ultimate Strawberry Layer Cake”

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 by

For my colleague Merissa’s maternity leave party I decided to make a cake. Searching for what cake to make, I came across this video of Claire Saffitz making her version of a strawberry layer cake. This seemed right up my alley. As Claire describes it: This cake is my platonic ideal of a spring or…

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My Trip to Nawlins: Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Posted on July 4, 2022July 5, 2022 by

At the end of June, I had the good fortune to be sent on a work trip to the great city of New Orleans, one of my favorite places in the world. After finishing a work conference, I spent a couple more days relaxing in this iconic American city. It has been at least a…

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red velvet tres leches with ube frosting

Adventures in Baking: Red Velvet Tres Leches with Ube Frosting

Posted on April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 by

So we had another work social event involving baking a week ago, and I brought something I’m pretty proud of: a Red Velvet Tres Leches cake with Ube Frosting. The occasion was something called “NPR Cake Week” where stations around the country all make cakes around certain themes. I was a bit fuzzy on the…

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Why I Intermittent Fast: Overall Health, Weight Management, Longevity, Easy

Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 by

I was talking to friends about intermittent fasting the other day and I realized I’ve been doing it for so long I had started to forget the reasons why I was doing it in the first place. On the one hand, it’s good that I have so incorporated this diet into my life that I…

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How to Make Halo-Halo Pie (recipe)

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by

For Pi Day this year, I wanted to come up with something silly, personal and not too hard. I remembered one of my favorite desserts of all time is Filipino halo-halo. Halo-halo (literally “mix mix”) is a a colorful conflagration of crushed ice, condensed milk, various candied fruits and beans, ice cream, and flan. It’s…

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What I Normally Eat Is Boring and I Love It

Posted on January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 by

I have a boring but satisfying meal system to go with my intermittent fasting practice that I’ve followed for almost two years. This of interest to no one, but I thought it good to record anyway for myself. On Monday morning I do all of my grocery shopping for the week, which includes: 18 eggs…

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2021 in Review: New Name, Skate Dancing, Tropical Trippin, and Lots of Bakes

Posted on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by

The year 2021 was not quite the dumpster fire that 2020 was. There’s a lot that I am thankful for about this year – my supportive family, good friends, my health, meaningful employment, quad skating, baked goods, and so much more! Here’s some of the best bits. Rik to Riki This year, among my friends…

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Being Ted Lasso

Posted on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 by

This year I was particularly happy with my Halloween costume. I got to be the irrepressible Ted Lasso. Or as I like to think of him, “the superhero whose superpower is kindness.” Honestly, this was one of the easiest costumes I’ve ever created. Basically just a cheap mustache, a blue trainer jacket, a whistle and…

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I made a Carrot Graham Cracker Cake!

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by

This might be my new favorite carrot cake: the Smitten Kitchen Carrot Graham Layer Cake. So moist, delicious crumb, pretty simple to make. The occasion was my dad’s birthday. He requested a “not too unhealthy” cake. I’m not sure I met the brief, given all the butter and sugar involved. But I did make him…

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Adventures in Ice Cream Making

Posted on September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 by

A few months ago, my mom gave me an old ice cream maker that she never used. I do enjoy ice cream, but am not as passionate about it as I am about French pastry or Korean fried chicken, for example. That said, the idea of making my own ice cream did seem like a…

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