The first bake of 2018. Or well, the first bake I'm posting. I bought Dorie's Cookies for my friend Lili for the holidays this year to celebrate her love of baking. When the book came in the mail though, I was so taken by the photos and the anecdotes that came with each recipe that … Continue reading Baking with Dorie: Remarkably Good Brownies
Author: Mita
2017 in pictures
2017 was a year. I put in my first central line by myself, Donald Trump was inaugurated president, I celebrated my 10 year anniversary with my partner, we moved to California (!!), I started a new residency program and joined the Stanford family, Tyler started graduate school (!!), we hiked, we ate, we loved, we … Continue reading 2017 in pictures
Exploring California Part 3: Roaring Camp + Madras Cafe
The smells of South Indian food make me smile. It's not naan, it's not palak paneer, it's something different. It's rice, it's lentils, it's sambar and rasaam, and memories. It's memories of my mom making Uttapam at home with coconut chutney. It's cilantro everywhere. I've been disappointed by South Indian food restaurants generally -- thick … Continue reading Exploring California Part 3: Roaring Camp + Madras Cafe
Exploring California Part 2: Half Moon Bay and Mamacita’s Food Truck
I am lucky to still have my weekends to myself. I have two days to decompress, read, walk the dogs, and explore my new home. We have spent the last few months venturing out and making this place home, finding our favorite place to eat, where we get our groceries, a local dog parks. We … Continue reading Exploring California Part 2: Half Moon Bay and Mamacita’s Food Truck
Welcome to Fall Bars, Pulgas Open Reserve
Milestone: we took Rain off leash for the first time in an open space. No fences, just us, our dogs, and their (relative) freedom. The moment we took the leash off, I expected her to bound off, but she just sat next to us, looking up. Slowly, she paced ahead, looking back every now and then. … Continue reading Welcome to Fall Bars, Pulgas Open Reserve
Exploring California 1: The Merced River Valley
A lot has changed. I live in California now. I changed out my Massachusetts driver's license for a CA one. I own a sweatshirt that has the California bear on it. I am at least three shades darker than I was a few months ago. And oh yeah, I'm a budding Anesthesiologist. It's different here … Continue reading Exploring California 1: The Merced River Valley
Gifts!: Soft Caramel Chews
Caramels can be finicky, too high of temperature and the caramels can be too hard, too low, it won't set properly. I've spent some time making caramel topping, hard caramels, and finally...finally tackled soft caramel chews. Those delicious bites, delicately chewy, sticking to your teeth in the just the right way, bursts of salt and … Continue reading Gifts!: Soft Caramel Chews
You Will Make a Mistake
When you graduate medical school and you're fresh faced, new, and excited. But in the back of your mind you know that one day, not too far in the future, you'll make a mistake and it will hurt someone. Every order you enter, every parameter you set is a way that someone can get hurt. … Continue reading You Will Make a Mistake
Goat Cheese Crostini with Roasted Pomegranate Eggplant
Make these this weekend. Really. Make it. This recipe was my turning point. Intern year is hard man -- you are worked, and then you come home and you read, and you study, and then you're worked some more. You see things that you did not know were possible, you see pathology that you only … Continue reading Goat Cheese Crostini with Roasted Pomegranate Eggplant
Lemon Cupcakes filled with basil-lemon curd
It's our 10 year anniversary. Mine and Tylers. How crazy is that? We've been dating for 10 years. Nuts. To celebrate, here's some cake! Lemon cupcakes. I made these hoping to bring on true spring. Not ice storm spring. It's been a wild ride in as an Intern thus far. Nights, the Newt, so many admissions, … Continue reading Lemon Cupcakes filled with basil-lemon curd
The Clumsy Cook 