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Happy New Year! I was 13 when I first went to Paris. My grandparents were there, and invited my mother + I during my spring break. European culture, specifically France and Switzerland where my grandmother’s family is from, has always been instilled in me, but when I was able to experience it for myself, I […]

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peppermint stick ice cream

When you talk about the holidays on my mother’s side of the family, there are two desserts that would always come up – mocha torte + peppermint stick ice cream. The former was way too strong for my young tastebuds as it’s a layered dessert of ladyfingers + a rich mocha ganache – but the […]

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spiked hot chocolate

Dear Santa, Do you remember when we all were wishing for a laundry list of things last year? 2020 was going to be the year of perfect vision, and yet the visions of dancing sugarplums did not look like covid-19, isolation + politicians from both sides of the aisle caring about their own agendas than […]

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brownie cookies with peppermint + marshmallow

This recipe is the best holiday hot chocolate in cookie form. Do you see a theme here? You start with brownie cookies (inspiration from @bojongourmet). When the batter can’t get any better, you fold in smaller versions of your homemade marshmallows and add crushed candy cane + sea salt on top. What comes out is […]

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chocolate swirled marshmallows

I don’t know Christmas without chocolate, orange and peppermint. Those are the flavors of my childhood with our stockings filled with chocolate oranges – a tradition from my dad’s side of the family – and dinners ending with bowls of peppermint stick ice cream – a tradition from my mom’s side of the family. I […]

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kahlua

I’ve been having a lot of fun with infusions lately, not just with tea, but with spirits to make the holidays special when we can’t get together for parties this year. Last month, I shared the apple infused vodka and this month, well… I wanted something that would mix well with hot chocolate because it’s […]

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carrot turmeric sunrise juice

I’m rarely on the juice train unless I’m traveling. I appreciate the quick nutrition + energy that is in a pressed juice, but it goes down a little too quickly without the pleasure of experiencing what you’re eating… and yet I’ve been making the following juice almost every day for the last week. What “nourishment” […]

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hot apple toddy + apple ginger mule

As you may be able to tell, I get creative in the kitchen through baking primarily and from anything I find at the farmer’s market secondarily. My guy… well as a sommelier with a background in brewing beer, he gets creative with cocktails. Enter the holidays. I could tell you that the first Thanksgiving he […]

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pecan pie cups

I hated nuts in any dessert when I was younger. My mom even called carrot cake boxed mix ‘spiced cake’ because I equated carrot cake with walnuts and wouldn’t have eaten it. I loved that cake mix though. Years later, I was living in NYC, and my parents invited me to meet them in Boston […]

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healing mushroom broth

HEALING – that’s an interesting word now. When I was growing up, the word mostly spoke to someone’s physical healing from a surgery, ailment or even addiction, whereas now, I feel I hear about it more speaking to a person’s emotional or psychological health. In no way am I judging – far from it – […]

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