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Checkerboard cookies
This has been a crazy busy week. I’m about to purchase a business and it involves reviewing contracts, lease agreement, and...
Marguerite Yeo
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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Peanuts symbolize longevity
In preparation for the Lunar New Year, I decided to bake a batch of peanut cookies. It's quick and easy to make, incredibly delicious...
Marguerite Yeo
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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Can’t go wrong with chocolate
It’s the holidays and almost everyone loves chocolate so I decided to bake these to share with my friends. This recipe does not require...
Marguerite Yeo
Dec 27, 20221 min read
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Crunchy cookies
I prefer crunchy bite-sized cookies over large, soft, and chewy cookies. I also love the fresh Famous Amos cookies that you can buy in...
Marguerite Yeo
Dec 21, 20221 min read
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Triple whammy
I love ginger - ginger with sushi, ginger syrup on tofu pudding, ginger drink, ginger cookies, ginger with seafood and beef, and more....
Marguerite Yeo
Dec 10, 20221 min read
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Whiskey and chocolate
When my friend Nick B sent me the Woodford Reserve double oaked chocolate chip cookie recipe, I knew I had to try it out. Except I didn’t...
Marguerite Yeo
Nov 13, 20221 min read
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Few but powerful
This Tahini cookie recipe calls for a few ingredients, is simple to make, and delivers a powerful flavor. It’s the perfect item to bake...
Marguerite Yeo
Nov 5, 20221 min read
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Open sesame
This simple cookie is a treasure to have around the house for an afternoon snack, with tea. I don’t know why I didn’t think of making...
Marguerite Yeo
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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Liquid gold
I’m referring to brown butter. Butter makes most things taste great, but brown butter is a whole other level of goodness. I’ve made...
Marguerite Yeo
Oct 9, 20221 min read
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A cookie staple
Cultured butter cookies contain few basic ingredients, look plain and simple, but is somehow so flavorful. A chef once told me butter...
Marguerite Yeo
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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Kuchisabishii
A Japanese word which means ‘lonely mouth’, that describes one or more of the following situations: You’re not hungry but want to eat...
Marguerite Yeo
Sep 15, 20221 min read
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Friday’s breakfast
This weekend is supposed to get really hot - we are going from rainy to cloudy, to blazing hot and sunny. In anticipation of that, I...
Marguerite Yeo
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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Almond butter chocolate swirls
The jar of almond butter sitting in the fridge was staring at me so I decided to bake these cookies again. They were delicious and were...
Marguerite Yeo
Apr 30, 20221 min read
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Confluence of flavors
I rarely follow baking recipes to a T because I prefer to use less sugar and I like to experiment with flavors. I‘ve always wanted to try...
Marguerite Yeo
Mar 20, 20221 min read
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One simple bake
This past week was a busy one. On top of business travel to the Bay Area, Friday was an insanely busy work day, including a last minute...
Marguerite Yeo
Mar 13, 20221 min read
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Chocolate and butter
What’s not to like about chocolate and butter? This recipe has been on my list of things to bake for a long time. Somehow I kept pushing...
Marguerite Yeo
Feb 19, 20221 min read
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Macaroons or macarons?
There is a difference. Please don’t use these words interchangeably. Macaroons‘ main ingredient is shredded coconut while macarons’ main...
Marguerite Yeo
Feb 5, 20221 min read
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The side project
I call this the side project because I had no plans to make meringue. If you read my baking stories from last year, you know I dislike...
Marguerite Yeo
Jan 29, 20221 min read
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Biscuit and apple butter
I’ve never made apple butter before today and had always thought apple butter had butter in it. Why don’t we call this apple jam instead?...
Marguerite Yeo
Jan 20, 20221 min read
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Lunar New Year
It was a good thing I was looking ahead on my calendar app. because I somehow forgot that we’re in mid-January and that the Lunar New...
Marguerite Yeo
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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