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5-Minute Recipes | How to Make Cilantro Cheese Æbleskivers

January 5, 2021February 2, 2022

Discovering Æbleskivers On one of our trips to Southern California, we stopped at a city called Solvang in Santa Ynez Valley. Once you enter the exit to Solvang via another city called Buellton, the architecture is more German/Danish than American. You see a traditional windmill which is rare in this side of the country. As…

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Ghee Rice | Nei Choru | A Fragrant Rice Dish For Your Repertoire Recipes Big Plates

Ghee Rice | Nei Choru | A Fragrant Rice Dish For Your Repertoire

December 21, 2020February 6, 2026

The aroma is unmistakable. Ghee at the forefront and not just ghee. Hot ghee that has toasted cashews and raisins, melding with the caramels of the natural sugar in the raisins. That’s the aroma that envelopes you when you are seated in front of this bejeweled rice dish from the Indian state of Kerala. Ghee…

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Christmas cookies and traditions

December 16, 2020January 27, 2026

The holiday season is great for a couple of reasons. One is definitely putting up the tree and decor. And the other is the countdown to the next year! Last year, my daughter brought home a gingerbread man cookie she decorated in her preschool. I loved it and instantly knew I wanted to start a…

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Things to do in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley

December 12, 2020January 27, 2026

This one runs close to home. If there is one question I get from every person who visits the Silicon Valley, it is “What is there in the silicon valley beyond tech?”. Many visitors who do come by the valley are here mostly for work. It is very rare that we see someone pass by…

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