Mom's Quick Fruit Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe

I think mom made this once a week. She loved using the biscuits mixes. Quick and easy we would have all different kinds. Toppings…

No Croutons Required - The Winner for May

The challenge for May was to come up with a soup or salad that would make for a perfect appetizer to start a meal. We received s…

Favorite Italian Meat Calzone Recipe

You can add whatever your family loves. We like this one with pepperoni, capicola (Italian spice meat) and genoa salami 1 pound o…

Crispy Garlic-Ginger Chicken

As lots of you know I was born in San Francisco, grew up and spent most of my life just south of SF near Stanford University. Bec…

How to Make 3-Ingredient Soufflé Cheesecake (Japanese Cotton Cheesecake) - Video Recipe

For those who have requested me the Japanese Cheesecake, this is the easiest recipe! Worth to try it out!!! http://www.youtube.co…

Cardamom and Pistachio Meringues

(Well today I am on way back to the UK.  I have a long journey ahead so won't be doing an awful lot of cooking in the first…

Sticky monkey breads: Sweet and delicious!

The good ingredient is the key for delicious food, I always believe in it. That is why when I got this delicious pecan nut, I wa…

Chwee Kueh (水粿; Steamed Rice Cakes)

There're several types of steamed cakes made with rice flour. If you want to learn how to make these traditional delicacies, …

Sweet Potato Roti

Indian flatbreads often make their appearance on my dinner table and truly I could eat them everyday, anytime of day. They are pe…

Buttermilk Scone Muffins

Kinda like a muffin. Kinda like a scone. A delicious quick bread that is shaped like a muffin and as easy to throw together as a …

Cinnamon Butter Buns

(It's hard to believe that it's been almost a year since I originally posted this recipe.  At that time, I had just arriv…