It’s my 31st birthday tomorrow and I’m celebrating with a re-do of my 30th birthday (which I cancelled last year because I stupidly decided to hold my book auction that day and it was traumatizing; also, it was supposed to be a picnic and it rained). We’re starting off with a meal with Erlend’s parents […]
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wellesley fudge cake
When I was a teen, I got it stuck in my head that I would go to college in Boston. I’m not exactly sure why — before applying for colleges, I’d visited Boston exactly once during my freshman year in high school for a Model UN trip (I’m a nerd, I know). Although I spent […]
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chocolate brownie cake
I haven’t seen a whole lot of bloggers talk about this, but there are days in which I wonder why I keep doing all this at all. Although I still enjoy baking (and occasionally, the photography, but admittedly less so these days on account of my cookbook — but more on that in another post, […]
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cherry blossom cake
In two weeks, my mom and I are heading to Turkey for our Girls’ Trip! Before we landed on visiting Istanbul and Cappadocia, we considered a ton of other places: the Catalonia and Basque region of Spain (too politically unstable), the southern Italian countryside around Naples, and Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. I’m not going to […]
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homemade carrara marble wedding cake
Here’s an interesting fact about me: I am thirty years old and have only been to three weddings since graduating college. Which I feel is a fairly low number for my age? Sure, there were a couple that I missed, but in general, my friends aren’t the marrying kind (nor are Erlend and I apparently, […]
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bomb cyclone black sesame cake
When I moved to New York a few summers ago, I did nothing but complain about the incessant heat. Erlend often rolled his eyes at me. “Wait until winter arrives,” he would say. “You’ll be wishing for this heat.” I would then point out that having lived in places like London, The Hague, and Portland, […]
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