Find yourself someone who loves you the way I love this pie.
About two years ago, I had a slice of pie that I haven’t stopped thinking about. It was the Pumpkin-Apple Pie from Julian Pie Company that you can only get seasonally in Julian, CA. In San Diego, you can find Julian Apple Pies at most grocery stores, but they never send out the Pumpkin-Apple with a dutch crumb top. I remember biting into this pie and being blown away by the combination of flavors. The lower layer was a apple pie, and above that was a silky-custardy pumpkin filling adorned with a crumble topping.
I always look for this pie in the fall, hoping Julian Pie Co. started shipping them out - but I still haven’t seen it. I actually haven’t seen it made anywhere else or made by anyone else, and decided it was finally time to try to recreate this dream of a pie….
I’ve made many cakes in my day. Birthday cakes are my favorite, because it makes people feel special and loved.
During the spring of last year, I took my first trip to New York. Scott and I went to one of his favorite Italian restaurants, and I had for the very first time, Arancini. These fried risotto balls were crispy on the outside, had a creamy risotto interior, and oozy-gooey cheese in the middle. How have I never heard of these before? Are they an East Coast thing? Well, they’re surely an Italian thing, as Scott grew up eating these during the holidays (my family did not have this delicacy on the holidays for obvious reasons…being that we’re not Italian 😉 ).
Poke (Hawaiian raw fish salad) is incredibly popular right now. It seems like every other week I see a new poke shop pop up around the corner. Really, this is a nonissue for me since I love it! I love the ‘build your own’ poke bowl component of it… that it’s customizable and is relatively healthy. I typically order my poke bowls half white rice, half mixed greens, salmon and octopus, and all the veggies. It’s like a Chipotle for fish lovers.
Ever since a recent trip to 