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Cooking Recipes
Copycat Recipe: Tito’s Meat Burrito
This is as close as I've been able to get to the meat burrito from Tito's in Culver City, California. I've had it written down in an old personal cookbook for more than a decade. I think it was originally on some listserv or other. Not sure who credit goes to...but it's delicious! …
February 20, 2022
Book Reviews
Book Review: Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia Manansala
Mia Manansala Follows Up Arsenic and Adobo with More Food, Family, Culture and Better Pacing ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley In Homicide and Halo-Halo, we're back in Shady Palms just months after book 1. Lila, our amateur sleuth, is just about to open the Brew-Ha Cafe with her bestie. And she's been asked…
February 8, 2022
Product Review
We Tried Trader Joe’s Kalua Pork Spring Rolls
If you make kalua pork on the regular, I don't think you'll be particularly impressed with Trader Joe's Kalua Pork Spring Rolls. I mean, they're fine. Not great, not bad, just...fine. The air fryer crisps them up really well...but mostly they made me wish Trader Joe's would go back to carrying standard spring rolls. …
January 27, 2022
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Book Reviews
Book Review: Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson
Shauna Robinson's debut, Must Love Books, tackles the dilemma of balancing personal fulfillment, career stability, and paying your rent. ARC provided free by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Sometimes the dream of working in publishing looks difference once you're on the inside. In Must Love Books, Nora is 5 years into…
January 18, 2022
Book Reviews
DailyWaffle’s 5 Must Read 2022 Young Adult Books
Lately, there's been a lot discussion (laced with scorn and disdain) about adults who read YA fiction. But for me, reading YA is playing catch up given how few BIPOC main characters there were in my teens. From contemporary K-pop to folklore to fantasy, it's looking like a good year to for YA reads. This…
January 13, 2022
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