I now also write for the up and coming local food blog Pepper.ph. Some of the stuff I write about there have made it here before, but some of things I’ve written exclusively for Pepper. Plus, the photos they take are 1,647 times better than anything I could ever post on here, so go on and have a look:
- Chocolate Cupcakes with Cookie Butter Cream Cheese Frosting – my first crack at coming up with my own frosting recipe
- Red Velvet Cupcakes – so good, I had to write about them. Again.
- Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies – Because apparently the Pepper.ph team are Momofuku fans.
- To Buy or Not to Buy: The KitchenAid Mixer – to help you decide if this pricey piece of equipment will be worth the investment
- My Resource Guide to Baking Ingredients and Tools – because shopping for baking ingredients in Manila can be a pain. The comments are super helpful, too!
- How to Make Pasta Al Dente – my guide to making perfect, Mario Batali-approved pasta
- Six Restaurants We Want in Manila – the ones we’re praying to the food gods for
- A Chocolate Taste Test – Four chocolates, one recipe, and a taste test.
- The One Thing Every Home Baker Needs (and Five Things They Don’t) – to keep you from blowing all your money on unnecessary baking contraptions you don’t need
- A Butter Taste Test – from the cheap to the really fancy
- A Guide to Baking Ingredient Substitution– No cake flour on hand? Only have medium-sized eggs? This guide is here to help you
- Homemade Peanut Butter Cups – Make your own Reese’s!
- Introducing: The Kouign Amann – and why I think it should be the next “it” dessert
- A Crack Pie® Taste Test – because I need my fix and NYC is so far away
- Food Hack: The Pancake House Taco – Where I try to replicate “The Best Taco in Town”
- Hungry Wanderer: Eataly – Where I (again) sing praises of the Italian food emporium
- Hungry Wanderer: Parisian Macarons – which I love, haven’t you noticed?
- Salt 101 – rock, Kosher, iodized, grey, pink… I break it all down for you
- PAUL, SM Aura review – my first ever for Pepper.ph
- Testing out the Serious Eats Chocolate Chip Recipe – it’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it
- Poetry & Prose review – another new French patisserie on the scene
- The Science of Baking– where I break down the science to help make you a better baker
- Paris According to David Lebovitz and Anthony Bourdain– I eat my way through the French capital based on their recommendations
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