When friends invite us over for lunch in Spain, more often than not, I make cookies. While I still think my friends would like me if I showed up empty-handed,… Read More
Pecan Friendship Cookies
Category: USA
Peace, love and carrot cake
It wasn’t until I became a foreigner that learning to cook well became urgent. Part of this was selfish – I had no other choice but to cook when I… Read More
Florida Memories: Gator Tales II
GATOR TALES PART II: Ever since I read about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Florida adventures in Cross Creek last spring (recounted in this blog post), I was determined to make a… Read More
Florida Memories: Gator Tales I
I’m back! Back to the blogosphere, back to Spain! Yet as I look out my window at the bright and dusty landscape of late summer Murcia, I long for a… Read More
Kitchen Tool Showdown: KitchenAid vs. Thermomix
The KitchenAid mixer has long been the kitchen tool of my dreams. My parents received this particular avocado-colored model as a wedding gift in 1969, and it has been a… Read More
Florida Memories: Cuban Ropa Vieja
Ropa vieja literally means “old clothes” in Spanish, which likely refers to the appearance of the shredded beef in this Cuban dish. One of my earliest Cuban ropa vieja memories… Read More