These raspberry macarons might’ve been the most crowd-pleasing macarons to date. My mom was hosting her department picnic at our house with a lot of international students and faculty. People from India, China, Japan, Korea, Czech Republic, Iran, Vietnam, Western Europe, and the US seem to all liked these raspberry macarons filled with French raspberry…
Month: August 2019
Peach blueberry lattice pie
Peaches are in season for about a month in August at the farmer’s market in Utah. We buy as many as we can and eat them raw, make them into ice cream, or bake them into pies, cobblers, and crisps. Although generally, I don’t like pie, peach pie is an exception, especially with added blackberries…
Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies at VOA
My family often volunteers to feed people less fortunate than us. I went with my mom’s church group in 2016 to provide and make dinner for homeless youth at Volunteers of America (downtown Salt Lake City). I made chocolate chip cookie dough at home (we swear by Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips) and brought the dough…
Triple raspberry chocolate layer cakes
I made these for dessert for some guests that came over for dinner, Jamie and Dave. They have been friends with my family for over 15 years. Jamie is a youth pastor and got into Princeton for graduate school, so she and her family left Salt Lake City this year. We had them over for…
Beeswax wraps
With my growing concern about our world’s plastic waste problem, I had started using those beeswax wraps you can buy at organic stores. They’re pretty expensive, and I wanted to have more variety of shapes and sizes. With a giant bar of beeswax leftover from making canelé, I thought I could make my own. We…