im back!

there is nothing like coming home from a long vacation away and making that first trip back to the local farmers market. 73 degrees & sunny with the perfect amount of warm breeze, a rainbow of...

bar carts.

ive always wanted to find the perfect antique bar cart to bring to life and clutter with colorful bottles of knappogue and san pellegrino . not only do bar carts bring interesting detail and a...

happy valentines day.

i hope you are surrounded by beautiful things today

tiramisu.

i owe it all to my italian, brooklyn-bred ex-stepfather for officially introducing me as a very young girl to frank sinatra and delicious tiramisu. how cliche is that? but its true! tiramisu is...

the macaron- an intro.

my love affair with macarons all began when i came across a pastel pink box laying on a desk in the stock room of a boutique i was once working in. the owner had just returned from a buying trip in...

joshua tree.

i must admit that i am further behind on my posting than i would like to be as of recently, but for good reason. i was in tennessee for nearly 4 weeks visiting my family over the holidays, which...

turquoise in the kitchen.

turquoise and white via apartment therapy

kitchen inspiration.

cinnamon rolls with cream cheese glaze.

these made from scratch cinnamon rolls really do a great job convincing me that i am in dire need of opening my own bakery. --> hmmm, new business opportunity = possible new year resolution? if...

tabletop.

brass teapotpeacock potterywhite ceramic dinnerwarecotton & silk placematspencil drawing earthenware tumblerssmall bowls in seaweedorbit tumblerspencil drawing earthenware platter ---- all via abc...

wallpaper in the kitchen.

via the decorista

{Image Credit: Grey Crawford}

san francisco photo diary.

china town- king of thai noodle house- fishermans wharf- chocolate pots de creme-miette- view from hog island oysters- ferry plaza farmers market- macarons -view of alcatraz- pier 23 cafe...

chalkboard paint.

where was the chalkboard paint when i was growing up? this is a mischievous childs dream, to be able to freely draw all over entire walls... i also have an ongoing love affair with matte black...

A Brooklyn home where two creative people live: the furniture designer Fitzhugh Karol and jewelry designer Lyndsay Caleo . The exposed kitchen is amazing, not to mention Im a total sucker for a...

my mornings usually consist of breakfast in bed, the new york times, a cup or two of coffee, my mac, and alex, the cute dog. the chilly fall mornings promote staying in bed to cuddle, and inspire...

beautiful color

apple pie.

pie has become a breeze for me to make, which may or may not be a good thing. craving something sweet? good, cause i will whip up the best chocolate cream pie youll ever have. in the mood for berry...

heaven & hell cake.

eight towering layers of devils food cake, creamy peanut butter-cream cheese mousse, and angel food cake, covered in satiny smooth milk chocolate ganache. its a tall cake. its a rich cake. its...

vintage one of a kind cake plates via abc home

whimsical kitchen space via loveology

halloween weekend.

we decided to get away saturday and drive up to Ojai to have breakfast and possibly find an authentic pumpkin patch somewhere along the way. the pumpkin patches in LA are mostly situated dotted...

chocolate molten lava cake.

Molten chocolate cakes are definitely my preferred type of chocolate cake, especially given they can be executed recipe to plate in less than twenty minutes total. And, just as I expect every...

the best in LA kitchens.

images via apartment therapy & google

blackened shrimp tacos with chipotle aioli.

mmm, blackened shrimp tacos. ill take two, please and thank you. i could eat tacos all the time, especially if they taste like this. you can hold these in your hand, they take 10 minutes max to...

pie x 3 . chocolate cream, old-fashioned pumpkin, and coconut cream

One pie is good. Three is even better. After missing my golden opportunity to enter my pies into the Malibu pie contest last week, which I fervently declared I would challenge earlier this year, I...

maple pots de crème with almond praline.

I unabashedly flirted with fall for this post. And my next post, too. After a long summer full of berries and cream, fall is here and officially, so are the flavors. My kitchen counters have been...

buttermilk biscuits from scratch.

There are few things that bring me as much joy as a warm buttermilk biscuit, and this is why you can find gallons of buttermilk in my fridge at any given time. Being from the south, buttermilk...

fouace nantaise- rum infused brioche.

I happened to come across this recipe yesterday, and being the curious challenge-loving baker that I am, decided to go for it and give it a try. In other words, please excuse me while I set myself...