Chili & Chives

Let's start wit my time in France. Talal took my parents out to dinner while I was away to tell them that he wanted to marry me. My...

To celebrate the completion of my month in France, I decided to treat myself to the experience of a Michelin-starred restaurant. I...

Today, I spent 14 hours at Gastronomicom. Hour 2 In Pastry, we made a heavenly dessert that is something I would actually order if I took...

This week is chocolate week! While most would approach this week with excitement and anticipation, I felt queasy. I've seen the movie...

After a long, hard week of work on the cakes, I finally saw assembled my amazing cakes. We worked very diligently on a 1)...

I can't even find the words to express the feeling of satisfaction that I've experienced this week in baking. I've never practiced baking...

Recipes of the Day: Pain Au Chocolat 370g Flour T45 12g Live Yeast 30g Sugar 8g Salt 20g Powdered Milk 50g Whole Eggs 4g Honey 170g Water...

I dressed up quickly after buying my new Burberry Britt perfume. Then, Talal joined me to go to the PES Summer Social. It was an easy,...

To celebrate Maya and Yasmeen's 23rd birthdays, we decided to have a semi-girl's night out. The initial plan was to try coltivare, btu...

While Mommy was in Lebanon, Tina and I decided we want to throw a Surprise Champagne Party for her in honor of her book. We never had the...

To keep the surprise, the plan was 1) buy the groceries on Saturday and hide the champagne, 2) to go to Yasmeen's on Saturday to prepare...

Yasmeen recommended Lick Honest Ice Creams to me in San Antonio. After our filling burger-brunch at Boiler House, we said goodbye to...

Mikey and I went to Del Frisco Grille. From the start, I knew that I wanted the VIP, but Mikey felt a little adventurous. As we sat down,...

Aurash visited from the beautiful, sunny California. I picked him up from his house and we made our way over to Cafe Brioche in Rice...

Mommy had her turn to make something yummy. Now it was my turn. I wanted to make something from my possibilities list, the plum fruit...

A Friday at home can be pretty boring. Luckily, Tina kept me company. What can we do... We decided on baking. I looked through some of...

Maybe it's a Suki thing, but when I get going in the kitchen, I tend to spend my whole day there. After the scones and the pizza, we had...

For Valentine's Day, Talal decided to surprise me for dinner. I mean I knew we were going to dinner, but not where. We went from City...

Deep fried and so delicious.. Every year, Hala's tradition is to make Zleibeh on January 5. The dough itself isn't very sweet. The...

Never done without pecan pie a la mode after. With Talal #pappas #burger