Perfect “American-Style” Chocolate Chip Cookies
My partner regularly complains that it’s impossible to get good chocolate chip cookies in Australia. Crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside. Well, no more.

My partner regularly complains that it’s impossible to get good chocolate chip cookies in Australia. Crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside. Well, no more.

There’s a reason why nobody else has done it, or done it well — it doesn’t work.

My recipe for an impressive but really easy to make two-layer chocolate cake. Based on some common recipes but with a few modifications.

Something I get excited about every year.
![Slightly Healthier [Drake's] Coffee Cake Recipe 5 Coffee cake slice](https://hooshmand.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Coffee-cake-slice-1-768x629.jpeg)
A slightly healthier (well, less intensely sweet and buttery) coffee cake recipe, just like in Seinfeld’s episode where they mention “Drake’s” coffee cake.

My recipe for chocolate babka. Another babka? I think not.

My recipe for a kick-ass family-sized Australian-style meat pie.

My review of training at Zenith BJJ in Mexico City. I only trained there for three weeks, but this is just some general info for people interested.

My recipe for salad olvieh/olivier, a potato and chicken salad common in Iran but also generally in Eastern Europe.

My adaptation of Sally’s Dark Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake, clarified and simplified slightly, plus adapted for Australian ingredients.
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