Firstly, a small announcement…I’ve decided to venture into the world of pescetarianism. This means basically being a lacto-ovo vegetarian (eggs and dairy products are OK, but no meat), yet still consuming seafood. I’ve been an on-again-off-again vegetarian for most of my life, but I notice that whenever I go vegetarian, I find myself hungry all [...]
I took a drive to San Francisco last week with a friend to eat at The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen, a restaurant recently recommended to me. It’s owned by Nate Pollak, brother of Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak (was that enough hyperlinks for you?) and a fellow UCLA alum. It’s in one of my favorite [...]
Making a dessert for a crowd is often assumed to be time-consuming, difficult, and just something that adds more stress and complication to planning a meal. It does not have to be that way, and this simple dessert proves it. It can also be healthy, exotic, and impressive. In addition to being a crowd-pleaser, this [...]
Welcome to the first of hopefully many Food Flashback posts on this blog. I will be using these types of posts to blog about meals I’ve cooked and/or eaten in the past, before I had a food blog. You know, all of the foods I reminisce about and think, “I wish I had my blog [...]
Soup is a great way to use up whatever may be sitting around in your fridge and is about to go bad, or in this case…Thanksgiving leftovers. Bethenny Frankel, one of my favorite chefs and quite possibly my idol, calls soup “nature’s perfect food”, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s easy, nutritious, filling, comforting, and [...]
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Meet the Epicurean 
Hey there! I’m Elena, a 22-year-old UCLA alum living in Los Angeles. I am totally obsessed with cooking, baking, and anything food and wine related. I grew up in beautiful Sonoma County in Northern California, where some of the best food and wine on this planet can be enjoyed. I love cooking to this day because I find it extremely therapeutic, relaxing, distracting, and rewarding. Eating is something that we do three times a day, every day, so the possibilities and opportunities are endless. Read more...  Featured Author 
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