Is anybody else low-key obsessed with The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes on Netflix? I started watching it with my mom when she was in town last spring (right before we left for our Istanbul trip!) and I’m still hooked. They feature beautiful homes across the world, all with unique features and designs. There was the […]
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caramel rum banana bread + dining at eleven madison park
A few weeks ago, I spontaneously bought reservations to Eleven Madison Park. If you’re unfamiliar with Eleven Madison Park, here’s a quick summary from Eater. TL/DR: it’s one of the few restaurants in the United States that has three Michelin stars, and, was recently determined to be the best restaurant in the whole entire world […]
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a banana bread with less sugar
I promised myself I wouldn’t overdo it over the holidays, but when I stepped on the scale at the start of January, it quickly became apparent that I had broken my promise. I’ve never been a dieter. For most of my life, with the exception of a few years in college and in my twenties, […]
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yellow cake toast
I have a lot of ideas for my blog, most of which either a) I forget about or b) I don’t do anything about because I don’t have the time, motivation, or some combination of the two. Like that time I was going to start a spinoff tumblr where I featured photos of myself eating […]
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the violet bakery’s sugar-crusted banana bread
Last September, when Erlend moved out to New York, I suddenly found myself inheriting his half of household chores. It was a lot to take on and the apartment quickly became littered with my clothes, blog props, and other random crap. No matter how much I cleaned or planned ahead, there was always more to […]
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hot buttered rum pound cake
We’re getting to that weird part of the year where there’s a limited number of fresh fruits and vegetables available. And you know what that means? It’s Butter Season. Okay, no, really, it’s a thing. This is the time of year when I tend to make desserts that are heavy on ingredients like cream, chocolate, […]
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