Phoenix ethnic food: Europa Pastry Cafe

For this week’s Eating the World, I went around the corner from my house to a small Polish restaurant, Europa Pastry Cafe,  near Maryland/16th Street.

While the photo looks a little messy — it was delicious! Read more…

Holiday cookie exchange: My mom’s layer bars

So I won Chow Bella‘s Pumpkin Showdown with my Pumpkin Curry.

Here is my entryfor the Cookie Showdown: Layer Bars.

Wish me luck!

Black Friday dining

I did a post for Chow Bella on where to eat while Black Friday shopping.

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Turning your garden upside-down

My first blog post for Chow Bella was just posted today on How to grow upside-down tomatoes, complete with illustrated how-to and a photo (see right) of my own attempt.

I will soon be planting cilantro seeds on top. We’ll see how these fare!

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