Test Kitchen - Chocolate Chunk Honey Walnut Cookies

  With all my baking pans sold and our pantry still half full, I decided I'd try and tackle a cookie recipe next. As we had a lar...

Test Kitchen - Bin Dae Dduk

Moving forward with "Operation Eat My Pantry," I found half a bag of peeled, split, and dried yellow mung beans which instant...

Test Kitchen - Sweet Mochi

When I took an inventory of all that we had left in our pantry the other day, I came across a forgotten packet of red beans and about ...

Test Kitchen - Raspberry Filled Molten Chocolate Cupcakes

A handful of stars aligned for these cupcakes to come into existence when they did.  One, there were fresh raspberries at the market la...

Test Kitchen - Lemon Poppyseed Pound Cake

An  onion bread recipe I recently decided to try called for a single tablespoon of poppy seeds.  As it was for Christmas dinner ,...

Test Kitchen - Peppermint Bark

As I had mentioned, I had been perusing the internet earlier this week in search of recipes for our Christmas dinner... and as one migh...

Test Kitchen - Taiwanese Pineapple Papaya Cake

I didn't become introduced to Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes until we moved to Kenya.  It came up one day in conversation and then I actu...

Test Kitchen - Cranberry Bread

My parents moved into a brand new apartment about a year ago and true to Korean form, it's outfitted with all the latest high...

Test Kitchen - Banana Bread Pudding

One of the things I already know that I'm going to miss about Kenya is the ready supply of mini bananas here.  I don't know if i...

Test Kitchen - Blackberry Clafouti

Last week while we were on our weekly Zucchini grocery run, I happened to spy a lonely carton of blackberries on the shelf of the fru...

Test Kitchen - Homemade Strawberry Jello

It being July, my Pulse feed is full of summery recipes.  Here in Kenya however, we are in the midst of the "cold" season.  Ne...

Test Kitchen - Homemade Pop Tarts

I was first introduced to home made pop tarts by Ted's Bulletin on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  I remember I really wanted one ...

Happy Birthday America!

Last night we had a handful of friends over for an "All-American" Southern-style meal, starring many of our favorite sou...

Test Kitchen - Cinnamon-Spiced Blueberry Cake

Ever since we got back from our Istanbul / US trip, we've been craving cake so I thought I would try making this Cinnamon-Spiced ...

Test Kitchen - Operation Kim Chi

Around 10 o'clock last Monday morning I was frantically calling my mom in Korea to inquire about a questionable radish I had ju...

Test Kitchen - Pink Lemonade Bars

Last Thursday we hosted dinner for a handful of friends whose tenures in Kenya are swiftly coming to an end.  As I had a couple lem...