Adventures in cooking and baking.
This spicy corn pizza with mozzarella and smoked cheddar cheese is slightly sweet from the fresh corn and caramelized onions, yet it has a kick from a few drizzles of chili garlic sauce.
I fell in love with this pizza at first bite. The crisp-tender corn nestled in the cheeses turned out to be a wonderful way to top a thin Neapolitan-style crust.
This hot pepper beef is a wonderful Chinese-style stir-fry that you can make in just a few minutes with easy-to-find ingredients.
This stir-fried hot pepper beef is one of my all-time favorite stir-fries. The dish is super easy to make, the ingredients are easily found in your grocery store, and the resulting flavor is so amazing.
This melon, jícama, and pineapple salad is a refreshing addition to a Mexican or Latin American-inspired breakfast or brunch.
This fruit salad, with three types of melon, plus jicama and pineapple, is tossed with a citrus-y and spicy dressing. It reminds me of the street food salads you can pick up at fruit stands in Los Angeles area Latino (and other) neighborhoods.
These Johnnycake cobblers start with a layer of sweetened stone fruit and then are topped with a crunchy, sweet, and tender cornmeal biscuit.
Johnnycake cobblers are from the traditional American rustic biscuit-topped family of fruit desserts.
This mocha latte coffee cake is a coffee cake that actually includes coffee (along with chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, and a pretty amazing pecan streusel)!
This mocha latte coffee cake is a great way to get your morning coffee and cake along with a little chocolate together at the same time!
These tiny homemade Pop Tarts are so fun to eat and totally "pop-able." They are perfect for a party, especially for a brunch.
These tiny pop-tarts, or "pop-tart bites," are a fun treat to serve for breakfast or brunch. Just use your favorite store-bought or homemade pie crust, fill it with your favorite jam, and top it with a bit of royal icing and your favorite sprinkles.
These polvorones de naranja are Mexican cookies flavored with orange three ways. They're super fluffy and cakelike, and not overly sweet.
Polvorones are a Mexican sugar or shortbread cookie. According to the collective brains of Wikipedia, they are derived from a Spanish cookie. In the United States, they are often referred to as Mexican wedding cookies.
