tips, tricks, and thoughts from the hospitality industry
> the basic ingredients of a seriously awesome margarita My sister and her fiancee have decided on a cake flavor for their wedding (in about a week!). Since they officially got their marriage license and had their union legalized in Iowa on Cinco de Mayo, I jokingly mentioned that we […]
hello cupcake When my college roommate, Wicky, came out to visit me in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, the idea for a sweet corn cupcake with maple buttercream and candied bacon began growing in my brain like a particularly voracious weed…. a weed that only grows stronger when […]
> When a little boy I know turned three yesterday, I volunteered to make the cake. Or cupcakes, as it turned out. This was the same child who shot through the door for our New Year’s Day brunch with a Thomas the tank engine under one arm, a car under […]
I’m going to be catering my lovely sister’s wedding in May (!), along with making the wedding cake (!!). So I’ve been testing a lot of recipes. Here’s a peek into my recent culinary adventures. Heirloom LA’s version of the lasagna cupcake I started off with an appetizer. Well, appetizer, […]
Three years ago, in the heat of my move to Los Angeles with The Gentleman, I did a terrible thing. A thing that has hung over our relationship like a grey raincloud over Eeyore. I gave away the perfect coffee mugs, for which The Gent had scavenged and scrounged, refusing […]
I'm a former restaurant manager who now writes about food and hospitality. I love to cook, read, write, and eat.