• Appetizers,  Recipes,  Side Dishes

    Garlic Herb Focaccia

    Bread making is a skillset that I will be taking with me from 2020 into this new year. I have made pita, focaccia, naan, and took a failed stab at sourdough. Maybe sourdough starter and I were never meant to be. I might need to to work harder on our relationship, who knows. What I am excelling at are the quick bread recipes. This brings me to this focaccia recipe. My family doesn’t believe in the simplicity of just flour, salt, yeast, and water. Everything has to be a little spicy with specks of color and flavor that you can see. This bread turned out so nice and garlicky. It…

  • Appetizers,  Recipes,  Side Dishes

    Bruschetta

    My mom is a bruschetta super fan, back in the day she had some at CPK (I know.) and it was a wrap. She asks for these every time we make pasta, it’s super quick and poppable as an appetizer and it’s great to make in advance! If you make the bruschetta topping in advance, drain the excess liquid before topping your crostini’s. I made this bruschetta with homemade baguettes from Binging with Babish. The recipe was super easy to follow and the end result was AMAZING! I can’t wait to make it again, it was so worth the wait. Definitely check out his page if you want to do…