When I was growing up, cheese was something that I regarded as distinctly American, completely foreign to my very Chinese family. As such, it had this magical, mystical, other-worldly aura about it, fueled by descriptions that made it seem like the…
I had a moment last night where, in the midst of trying (and utterly failing) to make sense of this paper, I was suddenly daunted by that deep abyss of Knowledge I would have to internalize before my quals (6…
I have a post-concert tea-and-cake tradition: after my Saturday night orchestra concerts, I invite friends over for tea and cake. It’s a good excuse to bake a cake, bring people together, and decompress after the concert. Last weekend’s concert ended…
I’m roommate-less this week. Sam’s doing a two-week tour of Southeast Asia, while Ruvani’s roadtripping across the great state of California. Oh, spring break – I have fond memories of you too, but this year I am forsaking you in…
![[Scandalous] Carrot Cake](http://www.xincindywang.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_76991-550x140.jpg)
I woke up this morning and decided it was high time I baked a cake. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything substantial in the kitchen – this is the lucky semester in which I take my qualifying exam,…
Brunch is the perfect vacation meal. Whenever I’m home on break, I sleep in until the double-digit hours (military time, mind you) – definitely too late for breakfast, sometimes (though let’s be honest, rarely) too early for lunch, but always…
Sooooo it’s been a while. I’m terrible with updating this, and I’m constantly at odds about what this blog is supposed to be about – a food blog? A shit-I-find-cool blog? An omg-this-is-my-life blog? Existential crisis! Waah! (Such is the…
Making macarons has been on my to-do list for ages. It sits in the “cherry on top” category, which I reserve for the most ambitious of my amateur endeavors: learning all of Bach’s solo violin works (goodness, they’re hard), running a…