Rainy Day Baking

As I’ve stated before, nothing gets me in the kitchen faster than a cold, rainy day. Although I always love baking, I especially enjoy it when the weather is dark and grey (which doesn’t happen very often in L A!).

This weekend’s rain + needing a little house warming gift for my friend brought me into the kitchen to experiment with one of my favorite recipes: crack cookies.

I wish I could tell you how I did this batch, but to be honest, I basically eyeballed the whole thing. I had an unfortunate event last week that involved my measuring spoons and my garburator (apparently a Canadian-ism- shout out!), which left me to my own devices. That being said, I loosely based these on crack cookies but didn’t use measurements and also added in walnuts, GF oats, and shredded coconut- basically a whole meal in a cookie.

For some guesstimate baking, these turned out pretty damn good!

Always On Time

The covering of a true classic!

(P.S. What ever happened to Ja Rule?!)

Mar. 17th

Lavender from my friend’s garden that is making my apartment smell heavenly.

Thank you Rebekah!

Hatfield’s

Last weekend I had the pleasure of going to Hatfield’s for the first time…

We initially went here to have a quick cocktail at the bar, but after taking a peek at the menu we decided to stay and indulge in quite the feast…

(Apologizes for my blurry, badly staged photos. I was trying hard not to be “that” girl in the restaurant.)

cucumber mint gimlet

bartender burning citrus peel into negronis

olive oil/herb popcorn

the spread

date and mint crusted lamb with potato chive puree

roasted cauliflower with sauteed plantains

buttermilk poached chicken

chocolate and peanut semifreddo

banana cream “pie” with chocolate cinnamon gelato

(Not pictured: frisee salad with smoked trout- which was unbelievable)

The reviews were right- this place does not mess around. If you’re looking to have an incredible meal you will remember for quite some time, I highly suggest going here.

That being said, big Thank You to Akio for the all around fantastic night!

Someone Was Thinking

Crisp white linens, a bathtub… and a swing! Clearly whoever owns this bedroom knows what’s up.

Bloodbuzz Oh Land

For all you National fans (and who isn’t?) … a dreamy cover of one of my favorite songs:

Kitchen Envy

…Big time.

Nibbles, The Mouse, and Some Vintage Tech

Top Left: Fennel and Buddha’s Hand Lemon salad with Goat Cheese

(big thanks to Blumer for the last lemon off his tree!)

Top Right: “Vintage” iPod I found while cleaning out the glove compartment of my old car. Ahh memories!

Bottom Left: My mum’s cuter than cute kitty, Mouse.

Bottom Right: Brownie baked by yours truly (recipe soon to come).

Mar. 6th

The closest I’ll ever get to surfing…

available here

Someone Like You

For those of you who enjoy covers as much as I do…

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