Coinciding with my 100th post, Snixy Kitchen has moved to SnixyKitchen.com! When I first started this blog a few months ago, I fully intended to upgrade to a custom design within a couple of weeks. Who knew it would take time (for Lucas) to learn how to build a website? Well here it is: Snixy Kitchen … Continue reading
Sometimes I send gifts late. I like to extend holidays and birthdays by shipping out a present a week after the occasion just to make people feel loved longer. It has nothing to do with forgetfulness or a lack of preparedness. Nothing. That’s exactly what I did with these chewy oatmeal raisin cookies; they arrived … Continue reading
With Lucas’s birthday, Father’s day, and plenty of other occasions that necessitate dessert, there’s been no shortage of sweets around these parts. I mean, you can’t just let leftover ganache go to waste…so, of course, I had to make some vanilla cupcakes to serve with it. And when I accidentally doubled the oatmeal raisin cookie … Continue reading
Everyone has a handful of those friends who you can fall out of touch with for months, but when you meet again, it’s like no time has passed. These are the friends worth keeping around, and my pal Kira is one of these forever friends I don’t see often enough. Two Wednesdays ago, I had … Continue reading
After running his own business building custom homes for the past 30+ years, my dad recently took a job as a civil inspector for the gas and electric company. This career shift requires him to live out of a suitcase in hotels around Northern California five days a week. Bummer for my mom and the lonesome … Continue reading
When a birthday rolls around, there’s an occasion to build a culinary creation that you’d never normally eat. One that’s unique enough to surprise the guest of honor, and one that’s just greasy enough to make you feel a little naughty when taking a bite. After all, what fun is it if you can’t indulge … Continue reading
Candied bacon is all the rage these days, and pairing it with chocolate seems to be a popular choice. To test the fad, Lucas and I shared a strip of chocolate covered bacon on a candy shop stop on our Colorado trip earlier this year. Who knew the salt and sugar combination would be so tasty? … Continue reading
I’ve been in a funk lately. With all this travel, life’s been piling up to-do tasks and I feel like I’ve got no time to do them. To make matters worse, when there are a billion important things to do (like telling you about these cheesecake bites), I have a terrible tendency of avoiding doing … Continue reading
Turns out that delicious homemade potluck-style potato salad is a bit of an enigma. Everybody’s mom, aunt, grandma, and third cousin brings an award-worthy heaping bowl of it to the family cookout, but no one will divulge their recipe. “I do it by taste,” they say, as if it’s a giant secret. Everyone makes it, … Continue reading
I prefer dinner recipes that serve four because the leftovers make packing lunch the next day a breeze. The exception to this meal-planning rule is when seafood is on the menu; fresh local fish is too expensive to be eaten as a weekday lunch, and the leftovers don’t keep very well. So this sushi-grade yellowfin … Continue reading
Back in my college days, I cooked all my meat on a tiny George Foreman. Within seconds of being plugged in, it heats up and is ready to go; WAY easier than preheating the oven and pulling out pots and pans. My expectations for flavor and texture clearly weren’t super high. Oh and did I mention … Continue reading
Sample sunday at Costco is one of my fondest childhood memories. When I make the trek out to Costco these days, most of the microwaved tastes are less appealing than they were to my teenage self. Back when my metabolism was in overdrive, I could (and would) eat anything at anytime without thinking twice. Costco … Continue reading
Where has 2012 gone? While teaching 9th grade in 93 degree Philadelphia humidity back in 2009, the end of the school year couldn’t get here fast enough. (It didn’t help that the February snow days tacked on an extra week in June.) NOW, time can’t go slow enough. And I’m not just saying that because … Continue reading
While at my favorite restaurant in Philly (that shall remain nameless for this post), I schmoozed with the waitress in hopes of sweet-talking the warm Tuscan white bean spread recipe out of her. A couple of years ago, in a moment of desperation after leaving Philadelphia cuisine, I called up that same restaurant. With my … Continue reading
The fickle bay area weather has me simultaneously craving frozen strawberry popsicles and warm brothy soup. To celebrate Mother Nature’s springtime indecisiveness, we slurped down comforting noodle soup for dinner with strawberries and whipped cream for dessert. The inspiration for this broth bowl came from my determination to use the tub of white miso paste … Continue reading
It’s a miracle that I managed to eat dinner every night last week. Our trip to Boston impeded Sunday meal planning and grocery shopping. And the Thursday deadline for draft two of my paper meant thinking about dinner was last on my to-do list. So, by Tuesday, our usually stuffed apartment-sized fridge was bare, carrying … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day! For those of you who stop by here regularly, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve got the world’s most loving mom; no matter what she’s doing, my mom (Sheri) makes it a point to comment on nearly every recipe I post. And not just here, but on Facebook too; she’s my biggest fan … Continue reading
You never thought you’d find chocolate cake here, did you? Just when you had me all figured out, I pull this stunt out of left field. What’s more? I liked – no LOVED – these bite-sized chocolate-y treats! I surprise just when you least expect it. When you think I’ll zig, I zag. The excuse? Jen’s oral qualifying … Continue reading
While traveling around the country, I’ve discovered what I love most about living in California: seasonally fresh local produce available year-round. We’re spoiled rotten here in the Golden State; half a block from my house, bins are overflowing with fresh vegetables being sold for next to nothing. As spring rolls into summer this month, bundles … Continue reading
With a trip to Boston smack dab in the middle of finishing a first draft and making serious revisions to my paper, every dish I make gets added to an ever-growing queue waiting to be shared with you. I can’t keep up! On our whirlwind three-day MIT reunion excursion, Lucas made sure to introduce me … Continue reading
