C.R.E.A.M?, Berkeley

Cash Rules Everything Around Me? Not at this place. Cookies rule here.

Mint and Chip ice cream in between White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies & Banana Nut ice cream between WCMN Cookies.

The store name is a play on one of Wu-Tang Clan's famous singles, C.R.E.A.M. While this place doesnt play Wu-tang music all day (thankfully), it does make some pretty good ice-cream cookie sandwiches for a cheap $1.50.

This is a fairly new place near the UC Berkeley Campus that opened a few months ago. So far, they've earned 4.5 stars on Yelp. Not bad.

Check 'em out on Yelp and/or facebook.

Velvet Birthday

Red Velvet Birthday Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Lightly Roasted Walnuts. My little sister made it for me for my birthday! :)

Little sister puts more cocoa in the recipe than most recipes call for, so it was chocolaty and therefore had a darker color. 

Mexi New Year

Traditional Mexican food for the Holidays and New Years Season.

White Pozole. Pozole is a popular Mexican soup made for special occasions, including Christmas and New Years. While there are different types of pozole, green, red and white, my family makes white pozole. This recipe traces back to the state of Guerrero in Mexico. It cooks over a period of 24 hours, includes three types of meats and several different cuts. It is topped off with shredded cabbage, radish, oregano and crushed chile de arbol.

Tamal Rojo de Puerco (Tamale with red sauce and pork) Tamales are another Mexican tradition during the holidays. Like pozole, there are countless ways to make tamales. They vary from country to country. Some are spicier (such as this one) and others are sweeter, being made with strawberries and cream.

Tamal de Rajas con Frijoles Negros. (Tamale with jalapeno strips, cheese, and black beans)

Another variation.

Gramma's Buñuelos.

Buñuelos are dessert made specifically during the Holiday/New Years Season. Essentially, it is a sweeter-cinnamon fresh flour tortilla that is deep fried, then coated in cinnamon sugar.