Restaurant reviews, recipes
The holiday drinks have gone away. And new, light spring drinks are coming in. Starbucks is now offering the Citrus Green Tea Latte and the Smoked Butterscotch Latte. I have always loved the green tea Frappuccino and the matcha lattes that Starbucks offers. And I was really excited when Starbucks acquired Teavana and subsequently their… Continue reading Starbucks Citrus Green Tea Latte
Yay my first official post of the year! In all transparency, I recently got a full time job. It’s been a struggle transitioning from unemployment to working forty hours a week. And so I’ve been neglecting to blog. I’ve been neglecting to write, to sing, to cook, to exercise. It’s amazing how fast time flashes… Continue reading Starbucks Sparkling Passion Tango Tea
I was introduced to Speculoos Cookie Butter in college. I had never heard of Speculoos before and I thought that it was the brand of the cookie butter. But actually Speculoos is a kind of Belgian cookie that is crunchy, caramelized, and similar in taste to gingerbread. And Speculoos Cookie Butter is absolutely amazing. My… Continue reading Coffee Bean Tea Leaf Cookie Butter Latte
Starbucks’ newest holiday drink this year is the Teavana Gingerbread Tea Latte. I’m not going to lie, I had a mini panic attack this year when I didn’t see my favorite gingerbread latte on any of the Starbucks holiday drink advertising. And I was relieved and excited to see that gingerbread is back on the… Continue reading Starbucks Gingerbread Tea Latte
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My review of the new Salted Butterscotch Iced Blended from CBTL
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is a cultural phenomenon. The most popular of their seasonal drink offerings, the Pumpkin Spice Latte (or PSL), marks the beginning of the fall season for many Starbucks fans. Hard to believe it’s fall though when it’s 100 degrees out here in sunny California. Anyways, Starbucks began serving the drink on… Continue reading Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte 2015
Sometimes you just need a refreshing strawberry lemonade on a hot day. But sometimes you don’t have a whole herd of friends or an event coming up. So this recipe is for those days you want to make just enough for you, maybe for today and tomorrow 🙂
So I recently started cooking my boyfriend’s lunches again and he had a special request for me to start the week with — pajeon, Korean scallion pancakes, I had never made them before. And to top it off, he wanted octopus in it. I was happy to oblige, until I went to the market. Octopus… Continue reading Breaking it down: Whole Squid
The Shaken Mango Black Tea Lemonade is a mouthful to say and its Starbucks newest summer offering. The company describes this drink as “Teavana® black tea, mango flavor and a hint of sweet passion fruit shaken with a splash of lemonade to create this all day, every day iced refreshment”. In reality the drink is… Continue reading Teavana Mango Black Tea Lemonade
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