Desserts RECIPES

CREAM (Cookies Rule Everything Around Me), Davis

I can’t think of anything better than a warm cookie fresh out of the oven. Unless, that cookie happens to be accompanied by freshly scooped ice cream, and sandwiched with, well, yet another cookie. This is the promise that CREAM in Davis delivers – warm cookies, cold ice cream, endless possibilities (and cause for addiction).  […]

Banana Cream Pie Jell-O Pudding Pops

Jell-O Pudding Pops. If only I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard those three words in the last month. It all started when my boyfriend, Joe, and I took BuzzFeed’s “How Many ’90s Foods Have You Tried?” quiz—because it was clearly more important than actually being productive, okay? After a few high-fives, knee-slaps […]

In Season: Local Strawberries

One of the things I love about Sacramento is stumbling upon a corner of earth, right in the middle of our urban landscape, that some lovely soul has decided to farm. It’s a beautiful thing to see acres of fruit trees in the middle of a residential neighborhood, or a strawberry patch nestled between a […]

Salted Caramel Corn

Everyone has that go-to recipe. It’s that recipe you know by heart and you always have the ingredients stocked in your pantry. It’s a sure bet, the crowd pleaser and it never goes out of style. You always get compliments on it, to which you reply casually, “What? This little thing? T’was nothing, really!” (Okay, […]

Lemon Curd Tart

As we approach the holidays, we mustn’t forget the important things—it’s peak lemon season! As I picked several grocery bags of lemons off of the tree in my backyard last weekend, I knew I had to make use of them—and quick. I successfully made Ina Garten’s recipe for a Lemon Curd Tart. The tart filling […]