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Kitchen hacks

  • Disposable Plastic Piping Bags Tips
  • How to Mash Bananas with Potato Masher
  • How To Soften And Revive Hardened Brown Sugar
  • How to Melt Butter Properly for Baking and Cooking
  • How to Grease a Baking Pan with Butter
  • How to slice apples
  • How to Grow Sprouts in a Jar
  • How to Store Brown Sugar
  • 3 Best Ways to Separate Egg Whites and Egg Yolks
  • How to Melt Candy Melts: 3 Easy and Reliable Methods
  • 3 Ways to Mash Bananas
  • Time Saving Cooking Tips for Busy Moms
  • How to Fill Your Freezer and Save Money
  • How to Reheat Frozen Muffins
  • How to Melt Butter in a Candy Melting Pot Safely and Evenly
  • Testing Yeast Before Baking (Quick Proofing Method That Works Every Time)
  • How to Melt Butter in the Microwave Without Mess
  • How to Clean Enameled Cast Iron Cookware Without Damaging It
  • How to Peel an Apple
  • How To Freeze Muffins
  • How to Melt Butter in a Saucepan Without Burning It
  • How to Mash Bananas with Hand Mixer
  • Silicone vs metal baking pans
  • How to Separate Egg with Hands
  • How to Store Fresh Parsley
  • How to Boil Eggs
  • How to Keep Apple Slices from Browning
  • How to protect your hands while cooking
  • How Many Bananas in 1 Cup
  • How to Separate Egg with Egg Shell
  • Silicone Baking Mat vs Parchment Paper: What I Use and Why
  • How to Soften Butter in Microwave
  • How to Soften Butter Under a Hot Glass
  • How to soften butter
  • How to Soften Butter on the Counter
  • How to Mash Bananas with Fork
  • Pre-cut vs Rolled Parchment Paper
  • How to Separate Egg with Slotted Spoon

Where Food Meets the Lens

I’m Arina — a food photographer, videographer, and recipe developer who’s just as passionate about the perfect cookie as I am about the perfect shot. On this blog, I share visually-driven recipes, step-by-step guides, and creative baking ideas that are as beautiful as they are delicious. Whether you’re here to learn, bake, or get inspired, you’re in the right place.

More about me

Latest Recipes

  • A freshly baked blueberry muffin with white ganache drizzle, topped with blueberries and a mint leaf, illustrating blueberry muffins with white ganache on a white plate.
  • Colorful piping bags filled with pastel royal icing lined up on a white kitchen counter for the blog post How to Make Royal Icing for Decorating Sugar Cookies.
  • Assortment of dishes cooked in cast iron skillets, including steak, vegetables, eggs, and stew, arranged on a rustic wooden table for the blog post Guide to Using Cast Iron Cookware.
  • Glass jar filled with creamy Italian buttercream frosting on a light wooden surface with baking tools.
  • Homemade caramel in a small glass jar.

Seasonal

  • Close-up of a hand holding a baked gingerbread man cookie over a cooling rack filled with cookies.
  • Portions of Zesty Orange Gingerbread Cookie Dough wrapped in plastic wrap and stacked, ready for chilling. Dividing the dough ensures easier handling when rolling out and cutting shapes later.
  • Stacked portions of Spiced Gingerbread Cookie Dough Perfect for Baking wrapped in plastic wrap. The dough is divided for easy handling and chilled, ready for rolling and shaping into cookies.