My go-to at-home drinks are simple; wine (easy to open), champagne (for special occasions), Aperol Spritz (hello summertime) or martini (hello hard week!). I don’t make other cocktails at home as I like to reserve ordering those when I am out-something like a special treat. However, besides a martini, one of my other favorite cocktails Read More
Happy National Cheeseburger Day! Yet another food holiday that I’m celebrating. However, today I am not just bringing you an ordinary slap a piece of cheese on a burger, cheeseburger; I am bringing you an elevated hamburger that combines cheese, burger and one of my favorite combos–spinach artichoke. Enter the spinach & artichoke stuffed burger! Read More
Last week I held a live cooking class for my agency and made a Chinatown Chicken Salad that was inspired by a local cafe in my hometown. I had so much fun coming up with the recipe, practicing and sharing a recipe close to my heart. However, since the recipe was “just” a salad, I Read More
Today’s recipe was inspired by a local cafe in my hometown that unfortunately closed a few years ago. It was called the California Cafe and my family and I used to go for lunch and have this salad with amazing right out of the oven hot rolls–I can still taste it now! I created this Read More
Today is one of my go-to brunch recipes from Ina Garten who is one of my favorite Food Network chefs. When I lived in Austin I had the chance to hear her speak about her career, her thoughts on cooking (she too thinks it’s stressful) her favorite comfort food (polenta with red wine braised ribs–me Read More
