Recipes

Cannoli are perhaps the most beloved of Italian pastries, a true icon of Italian cookery across the world. So why, you might ask, have I not written about cannoli in over 13 years of blogging? It’s a good question. Perhaps it’s because I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. But I do love cannoli, so perhaps it’s because they’re so readily available in pastry shops, whether you’re in Italy or many places abroad. I can even find cannoli (of a sort) at my local supermarket. Still, not all of us have access to an Italian pastry shop and not...

Foodies flocked to Disney California Adventure once again as the Lunar New Year celebration got underway with six food booths serving Disney interpretations of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese dishes. Disney’s Lunar New Year kicked off on Friday, Jan. 20 and runs through Feb. 15 along DCA’s parade route between Avengers Campus and Paradise Gardens. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here. A Sip and Savor card with six tabs good for individual items at food and beverage stands throughout the festival costs $45 with...

January 20, 2023 Jump to Recipe Whether you call them gyoza, dumplings, or potstickers, they all share a common factor: they are delicious! Unwrap a precious gift of pork dumplings. With their silken texture and tasty filling of juicy ground pork mixed, with green onions, and napa cabbage, these delicious dumplings will warm the heart. Enjoy them pan-fried or steamed to your liking. Serve with a soy sauce based dipping sauce or a sweet chili sauce. Let me tell you something. Dumpling-making is by no means a simple task, but it is very therapeutic. Making the filling is easy, but...

When we come across something intriguing, we often feel the urge to share our excitement and pass it along. But instead of interrupting our roommates with random tidbits of information in the middle of a TV show, we can now turn to the internet. There's a subreddit called 'Today I Learned' (or TIL for short) and its 30.4 million members make it the fifth-largest community on the platform. People go there to share all the new and fascinating stuff that blows their minds, and since its inception in 2008, the place has become like an encyclopedia. From cheating in professional...

By Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch Shannon and Eve Mingalone avow that their farmers market booth is “very gay.” They hang strings of pride flags and sell rainbow stickers to help pay for gender-affirming care, like hormone replacement therapy, for Eve. Sometimes, when parents and their teenagers pass the booth, the adults glance, then speed ahead. The kids pause for a second look. Shannon, 34, hopes it means something for them to see LGBTQ professionals out and succeeding. People often share stories. The middle-aged woman who confided that her daughter is transgender. The teen who stood in the...