Hello, world! (Insert visual of an opening window, a head cautiously peering out) It’s been a little bit since we’ve posted here. Life (a pandemic, jobs, apartments, cities, friends, etc.) happens! But fear not, we are still cooking lots and lots. Last winter, we spent the entire time from Thanksgiving through early January at our…
Category: Uncategorized
Blood Orange & Cookie Crumble Ice Cream Sundae
Back in February, we came home for Presidents’ Day weekend, craving some quiet family time away from the busy cities we live in. We made these amazing sundaes with vanilla ice cream, blood orange compote, crumbled Oreo-style cookies, buttered & salted almonds, and hot fudge. This sundae was loosely inspired by the creative daily sundaes…
Burrata with Snap Peas & Mint
Earlier, I (Celine) was randomly checking an old post on this blog. While admiring the picture of liege waffles on the homepage, I realized…woah! It’s been over a year since we’ve posted here. A lot has happened this past year. Leah and I both graduated from college. I’m currently in a full-time volunteer program at…
Great Pizza
It seems that every time we post here on the blog these days, we lament that it has “been far too long!” The same is true this time around. Senior year has been the biggest whirlwind, but it has also been wonderful and so fun. We are keeping busy spending time with friends, periodically cooking…
Baked Brie with Cranberry Sauce and Hazelnuts
It’s so interesting to consider what people are eating across the world at any given mealtime. Today we had our “main meal” for lunch rather than at dinner and we were wondering how many people were also eating baked brie with cranberry sauce and mushroom bourguignon. Probably not too many! Leah and I are trying to…
Take-Home Chocolate Cake
How to make the perfect chocolate cake: Purchase Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh’s new cookbook, Sweet. This cookbook is a work of art. Alluring exotic fruits and colors splash and ripple across each page, but if you are not in the mood for a fruit dessert, you might be in the mood for the dark…
Rhubarb Upside-Down Spice Cake
The very first time I had rhubarb, Leah and I were about ten years old and we were at a family reunion sometime in the summer. One of our aunts, who happens to be a wonderful cook, made a strawberry-rhubarb crisp. At the time I’d never eaten rhubarb before. I’m not sure what prompted me to…
Mixed Greens Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette, Apples, Feta, and Candied Almonds
Making your own salad dressing is so worth it, in my opinion. For a start, everything tastes better fresh (and you know those bottles sitting on the shelf in the grocery store can’t really be called fresh). Second, they are really, really easy! Most dressings just take a couple of minutes to whip up. Third,…
Black Bean Tacos with Pico de Gallo and Avocado
One of the best things about spending more time in the kitchen over the years is gaining a more expanded view of traditional meals. Growing up, our mom made regular ground beef tacos frequently, which are good, but there is a whole world of tacos out there to be explored. We’ve made a few different…
Ultimate Birthday Cake
Remember that decadent dessert we promised? Well, here it is! We don’t really make big layer cakes all that frequently because when we do, we like to go all out. A few weeks ago, I ordered The Sweetapolita Bakebook, and the first time I flipped through the book, I almost passed over this cake. Based…
We Like Two Cook 