I feel like I was the last person on earth to see La La Land My friend's sister was in town last weekend and saw it for the third time with us - that's how she knew, about thirty seconds after the...
Ever since I moved off campus into an apartment, I've been lucky enough to have front-loaded exams (3 in 28 hours woohooo) Lucky in the sense that I get to stick around Chapel Hill and spend some...
Fresh figs are easily the most underrated fruit that's readily available in the States Maybe people don't realize they exist because the season is ridiculously short - a window of...
Growing up, "french toast" meant Eggo French Toast Sticks - a tasty treat we only broke out when our parents let us have the rare sleepover Those sugary confections were yummy, but so far from...
I have a bone to pick with recipes everywhere - the first step is almost always to prepare the pans and preheat the oven This is all fine and dandy, if it only took 5 minutes to prepare all the...
French macarons - how can such a tiny cookie deliver such massive defeat! I winced on the inside every time I shelled out euros/francs/pounds on these things in Europe, but now I completely...
My mom got me a waffle iron randomly a long time ago, and it's become one of those random appliances I am so happy I have in my college apartment In the waffles vs pancakes debate, Belgian...
Despite my complaints that I think I might be developing a mild allergy to citrus fruits, my mom keeps buying oranges by the box, faster than we can eat them That, coupled with the fact that we...
Dear blogging world, contrary to evidence that suggests I have fallen off the face of the earth, I am alive and well I've missed you I thought of you often over the course of this semester,...
I'm honestly not sure why it's taken me so long to post a recipe for mint chocolate cupcakes on the blog If you know me well, you know that mint chocolate anything is my favorite flavor combination -...
I made this cake specifically to use up some leftover Greek yogurt and cream cheese, because it was supposed to have a cream cheese glaze on it Unfortunately, I think my brain turned off because...
Chinese New Year was nearly two months ago, so I realize that this post is completely untimely However, nobody ever said that it has to be Chinese New Year to eat this stuff so here I am with some...