Last January Anthony and I had planned to travel to Vietnam. We had our itinerary finalized and hotels selected. The day when we were supposed to buy our tickets, Anthony tempted me to watch a documentary about the best sushi in the world that’s located in the subway in Tokyo. YES PLEASE! ‘Jiro’s Dream of [...]

  True fact: I go through a phase where I eat a certain type of food or dish excessively over a period of time until I can no longer look at them anymore. I’m starting to reach that stage with Ritz cracker having destroyed half a box in one sitting last week. Since my love [...]

  Valentines and Christmas are the two holidays that get me motivated to make homemade gifts. In addition to crafting special Valentines notes as seen here, I like to make something special for Anthony whether it’s a nice dinner or a sweet dessert. If you are like me and don’t have the patience to whip [...]

  Chinese New Year is widely celebrated in Asia and is definitely one of my favorite celebrations because of the food and fireworks. I love the idea of preparing specific type of food that symbolizes good luck. Noodles symbolize long life, sticky rice cakes represent abundance or anything round like an orange will bring good [...]

I was on a food cleanse diet devised by Bon Appetit at the start of the year. The cleanse was supposed to be only for two weeks but I stuck with it for a month now with the occasional slip in the name of dessert (brownies and magnolia cupcake). My new eating philosophy is about being [...]

After months of waiting, Magnolia Bakery has finally opened in Doha! The famous bakery (thank you Carrie Bradshaw!) opened a branch in Dar Al Salam Mall in Abu Hamour. It’s a crazy far from where I live but considering that my friends and I would fly in their cupcakes from Dubai, being stuck in traffic [...]

There’s something about cold weather that makes us succumb to some serious comfort food from a hearty casserole, cheesy pasta or an extra gooey grilled cheese sandwich. My craving for brownies kicked in last month and I can’t even remember the last time I had brownies but I was after this distinct and familiar taste [...]