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BLT Fried Rice Recipe

Fried rice – is there anything better? I love how you can take innocent, singular ingredients and turn them into so much more. It’s funny how much regular, plain rice can change from being fluffy and slightly sticky, to…

miso mustard sesame bean salad recipe - www.iamafoodblog.com

Miso Dijon Green Bean Mushroom Salad

Have you ever seen something random that totally restores your sense of wonder in the world? Something like: a double rainbow, a bushel of ears-not-up-yet corgis, or maybe even a truck filled to the brim with green beans? I saw the last…

Honey Jalapeno Tofu Nuggets

September has always been my favorite month (I’ve mentioned it before, I’m sure), not just because it’s my birthday month, but because it’s back-to-school. It’s been many years since I’ve been back-to-school but I…

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Avocado Bread: like banana bread, but with avocados

Oh so long ago, back when I was still in high school, my mom came home from work one day clutching a photocopied hand-written banana bread recipe. I wasn’t impressed, but she claimed it was the recipe for the…

Friday Finds: 9.18.15

I was at the grocery store the other day and I was astounded by all the pumpkin spice stuff out there. I mean, I love pumpkin spice as much as anyone, but even I thought it was overkill. There…

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Pumpkin Spice Tim Tam Cookies

I’m slightly obsessed with Australia, but it tends to go in waves. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by koala bears, Savage Garden (heehee), and Australian accents. For some reason or other though, Australia fell off the…

sour cream and chive egg biscuits sandwich recipe - www.iamafoodblog.com

Sour Cream and Cheddar Drop Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches

I have a thing for biscuits. Or scones. Actually I’m not sure what the difference is between biscuits and scones. Regardless of what they’re called, they’re delicious and I pretty much eat them indiscriminately. I’ll…

The Ultimate Veggie Sandwich

It’s my birthday today! Are you guys big on celebrating your birthday? For as long as I remember, my birthday has been an obsession of mine. It’s probably just a bit (okay, a lot) egotistical, but I just love…

Sunday Brunch: Easy Roast Beef and Brie Puff Pastry Breakfast Tarts Recipe

Happy post-holidays friends – I hope everyone had a good one! Before we move onto the new recipe, I'm going to quickly talk about some pastry machinery I had …

Friday Links: 12.19.2014

Woah! Christmas is coming up fast! It's the last Friday before the big day – are you guys ready? It's just me and Mike in Tokyo so we're planning on …

Budae Jjigae Korean Army Stew Recipe

It feels like fall has arrived and I have the perfect dish to get all warm and cozy with: Korean Army stew! I love anything soupy and stewy when it's …

Coddled Egg Recipe

When we were down in Yountville, we had an incredibly delicious coddled egg dish at Thomas Keller's French bistro, Bouchon. The egg was was coddled on top of a potato …

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Bacon and Egg Breakfast Ramen

Sunday Brunch is back, baby! I dropped the ball on that one for a little bit, but now that the weather is cooling off a bit, Sunday Brunch is back with a bang. I absolutely love Sunday brunch and I…

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Mini No-Knead Pizzas

If you could choose between one giant pizza with your favorite topping or many, many (16, exactly) little pizzas with lots of different combinations of toppings, what would you chose? Hands down, I’d chose the mini pizzas, for two reasons:…

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Summer Session Old Fashioneds

Do you love it when it rains in the summer? I love the respite from the heat, the sound of the rain beating down on the windows, and that little bit of coziness in an otherwise decidedly un-cozy season. I like to curl up in…

Friday Finds: 8.28.15

Another week just flew by and I cannot believe we’re almost into September, which happens to be my favorite month of all. As a super geeky kid, I LOVED back to school, so September always reminds me of fresh…