Change up your usual routine with this hot dog upgrade. These non-traditional hot dogs mix Korean flavors with the all-American ballpark classic.

I love the combination of salmon with blueberry – I first had this flavor mix when I was a picky eater in my early teens in Seattle. For some reason the contrast of the bitter/ sweet fruit and the fatty salmon stuck with me.

This isn’t your typical fried rice. It has a clean taste with light and fluffy rice, garlic and lump crab. When preparing this recipe, it is important that the wok is very hot so the rice does not continue to steam and become mushy.

I had a version of this salad at the trendy and hard to find LA hotspot, No Name. As the name implies, it is an unmarked restaurant/ bar that is located on Fairfax in Hollywood.

The theme for dinner no. 5 in our “create dinner” series was “sobremesa” – a Spanish word that doesn’t translate directly to English but describes a Latin tradition of  conversation and relaxation that happens across the table after a delicious meal.

Starting with a traditional Paloma, a drink made from tequila, grapefruit juice or grapefruit soda, this cocktail takes it one step further and adds fresh citrus and white wine.

Tres Leches cake is a light, airy Mexican sponge cake soaked with a sweet syrupy mixture. The cake gets it’s name (which translates to three milk cake) because it incorporates three different types of milk: evaporated, condensed and whole milk.

Don’t be afraid to forgo the box, as these brownies are just about as perfect as it gets.