Not to be a major drama queen or anything, but doesn’t it feel like the apocalypse is nigh? First there was Charlottesville, and then a series of natural disasters that are a little too close to home: Hurricane Harvey in Houston (where I grew up), the West Coast heat wave (both in California and the […]
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birthday cake blondies
It’s birthday month here on Hummingbird High! I am turning 30 next week and I am celebrating each week with a birthday cake themed baked good. Think: lots of classic birthday cake flavors like yellow cake, vanilla, and of course, sprinkles! I am usually not a birthday person, but 30 seems like a number too […]
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tahini and halva floss brownies
In the last few weeks, several major food publications and leaders have finally stood up and recognized (what I like to call) their unbearable whiteness of being. After the Muslim Ban, Food52 started highlighting recipes from the targeted countries, before finally going all-in with this post and declaring that they were making efforts to hire […]
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candy cap blondies
As my move to New York slowly but surely comes closer, I’ve been Marie Kondo-ing the SHIT out of my apartment. All my furniture is being sold, any excess kitchenware and cookbooks are being given away, the full works. Luckily, in a big city like San Francisco, there are always people coming and going. It’s […]
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lucky charms guinness brownies
When my giant bag of Lucky Charms marshmallows (and just the marshmallows!) arrived, I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. But then I discovered that eating a bowl of marshmallows (and just the marshmallows) soaked in milk for breakfast did not make me feel good. I also discovered that Lucky Charms marshmallows […]
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chocolate hazelnut gianduja blondies
Welcome to the new, fully revamped Hummingbird High! New features include larger, easier-to-read san-serif text! A sticky navigation bar!! Less sidebar clutter!!! A fully responsive design, with different views for the desktop, tablet, and mobile!!!! If all of the above didn’t make any sense to you at all, no matter. All you need to know […]
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