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Mini Mochi Muffins

December 23, 2019 by 510foodie Recipe rating:
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I stumbled upon the recipe for butter mochi cake muffins from Snixy Kitchen when I was looking for a mochi muffin recipe. The recipe is easy to follow and so delicious. Recently I needed to bring something for a cookie exchange at work and thought about making these butter mochi cake muffins. I went straight...
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Lemon and Mixed Berry Striped Cake

December 25, 2017 by 510foodie No Comments
Last month I started cooking out of the Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh cookbook “Sweet” and it has been both fun and rewarding. If you missed it, check out my blog post.  Last week I was alerted that the US/Canadian version of the “Sweet” cookbook had some errors with oven temperatures and baking times. If...
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Working My Way Through Sweet

November 26, 2017 by 510foodie No Comments
It’s been an extremely busy Fall for me where I decided on a short hiatus from blogging. I began feeling like it was more of a chore than it was enjoyable. Last week, I took a week off of work believing I needed to recharge. What would reenergize me besides a vacation? I wanted to...
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Playing with Persimmons

November 15, 2015 by 510foodie No Comments
It’s persimmon season and you are lucky if you know someone with a persimmon tree that will give you some of its fruit. There are two types of persimmon, Hachiya and Fuyu. The Hachiya persimmon is cone shaped on the bottom and has to be completely ripened to a soft mushy point before it is...
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DIY: Fall Pumpkin Cupcakes

November 30, 2014 by 510foodie No Comments
About 50 million pumpkin pies are eaten every Thanksgiving. I am never part of that statistic because I don’t like the texture of pumpkin pie. I wanted to bake something with my niece for Thanksgiving and still celebrate pumpkin. It’s been awhile since my niece and I made cupcakes together and I found a recipe...
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Hello, my name is Lisa Lau.  Welcome to my new website 510foodie.com.  I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I am passionate about food and am here to share my food adventures with you.

I’ve been blogging about food for almost ten years.  I am a contributing writer for localwise.com where my blog post Top Five Bowls of Noodle Soup in Oakland went viral.  In 2018, I was a guest writer for Berkeleyside where I wrote the featured article  A Filipino Food Movement is Sweeping the East Bay.

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