We will be missing Shake’s Mom on New Year’s Eve, her birthday, but we have started a new tradition to honor her memory: making her lumpia (Filipino egg rolls, aka “lumpies,” a family term) recipe on New Year’s Eve to share with my family on New Year’s Day. The lumpia... Read More
Wishing you a very happy holiday season! xoxo, Sugar + Shake... Read More
I think rainbow sprinkles are the funnest thing ever. I know they don’t taste like anything at all, but they are just chock full of happy. If you agree, then the Momofuku Milk Bar Birthday Layer Cake is a project for you.... Read More
I skipped last week’s Friday Photo because—and this is the honest truth—I forgot it was Friday. Actually, I forgot that Thanksgiving was Thursday, so on Friday I was lazing around the house thinking it was Saturday and realized in the early evening that I’d neglected to post a Friday pic.... Read More
Now that I’ve settled on my Thanksgiving dinner dessert (Maple & Roasted Pear Cheesecake), I’m looking for inspiration for my annual holiday baking second item. As gifts, we always give friends containers of my Bourbon Bread Pudding (the recipe is at the end of the post in that link) and... Read More
Today’s Friday Photo is an image I want to share from a shoot I did for work. It’s a local cookbook featuring recipes from “Then” and “Now.” I did the “Then” dishes, which were shot in Hilo. I don’t really like crossing my work stuff with my personal and blog... Read More
I mentioned in my “We Ate It” Round-Up earlier this week that The Manifest in Chinatown is now serving bar food. They’ve actually been doing that since early this summer. I took some photos back in July, soon after they introduced the food service and debuted some purty new menus,... Read More
Today’s Friday Photo is just a plea to ask you to vote for my “Smoking Jacket Cookies” (Dark Chocolate & Cheesecake Chunk Smoked Tea Shortcake Cookies) in the Fonseca BIN 27 Port Cookie Rumble contest. Here’s the link to vote: http://bit.ly/16qZBYm. The recipe is there too, but if you check... Read More