Search for the best Carrot Cake and How social anxiety led me to be alone with one while being on a diet!

Chocolate Cream Pie: Pudding has smooth mouthfeel & rich in chocolate. The buttery crust yields to the fork almost effortlessly.

While living in Germany, I've been missing Krispy Kreme, so I made these sugary, melt-in-your-mouth, yeasty, fried doughnuts.

An indulgent Nutella cheesecake with homemade, brown sugar vanilla bean ice cream!

Fluffy, caramelized, buttermilk waffles for Christmas morning.

Fluffy, Southern, Buttermilk Biscuits! Eat them plain, with jam, or eggs, cheese, and turkey sausage!

Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean Ice Cream: Vanilla bean ice cream made with brown sugar instead of white sugar! Taste like smooth cookie dough!

Applesauce Pancakes made with homemade, crockpot, no-peel applesauce!

Fill your house with the rich, delicious perfume of fall, apples, cinnamon, and love. No apple peeling or pot watching necessary!

Mint Oreo Ice Cream inspired by Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream. Made with mint leaves!

A link-filled ode to my favorite BBQ joint and a copycat recipe for Rudy's peppery, thick, and yummy "sauce"

Dessert braids made with Nutella and another with cinnamon. Also a discussion about my likes and dislikes about living abroad.

The Oreo blondies that were intended for someone special but didn't quite make it to her.

Hershey's Magic Black cake with Oreos in the cake, frosting, and atop homemade, whipped cream.

Healthy Baked Turkey Tacos with vegetarian suggestions

With layers of ganache, Oreos, & cream cheese atop an espresso-flavored, brownie base, these brownies make reg Oreo truffles seem blah!

Trying to eat healthy and craving Chinese-American food? Healthy "Fried" Brown Rice with/without salmon just may satisfy your cravings!

Peanut Butter Egg Double Chocolate Brownies. The title alone should make you want 'em!

After much scolding for using non-Italian toppings on my Italian bf's mother's dough recipe, I was obliged to make Pizza Mariangela!

While living in Reggio Calabria, Italy, my boyfriend's mother gave me this recipe for pizza dough, and I've never looked back.

From the Mexican chocolate cookie crust to the cinnamon/ancho chile-infused Chantilly, all was made from scratch. . .& destroyed literally.

Southern Biscuits made with fat-free Greek Yogurt and skim milk in place of buttermilk.

A comparison of Everyday Food's and Cooking Channel's Mexican Hot-Chocolate Cookie recipes. Find out which cookie my students preferred!

In southern Italy making fontina- & pancetta- stuffed burgers with mushrooms and homemade, hamburger buns. Buoni!