As I flipped through a few cookbooks and magazines searching for inspiration, I thought of how I am attracted to similar recipes, over and over again – I[...]

As someone who loves anything related to food, I love reading about it, making and eating it (obviously), but I also find it amazing to talk about it with[...]

I try to eat in a healthy way most of my days, with a brownie or a cookie here and there, and even though it doesn’t look like it I don’t eat[...]

I was up till 2 am this morning watching the Golden Globe Awards but it was worth it: some of my favorites won ( The Affair , Ruth Wilson, Kevin Spacey), some[...]

My craving for vegetables is still full on and I’m always looking for interesting ways of cooking them, especially because my husband has become a veggie[...]

One very common dish during the holiday season here is rice with raisins – it is served with the usual meat dishes for Christmas and New Year’s Eve[...]

Caponata is something I ate a lot growing up, but never knew the real name – my grandmother used to make it all the time, especially when there were a[...]

Here where I live one thing happens time and time again during the holidays: heavy cream disappears from the grocery stores. Because there were years I needed[...]

If the weather here at this time of the year is not superb for rolling out cookies rolling out pastry for a tart is out of the question as well: the last time[...]

If you’ve been here a while you probably know that I love financiers: I’ve made them in many different flavors for they are delicious and also a[...]

Christmas is around the corner and it’s time to wrap up the gifts, get the nice china, spread flowers around the house and start preparing the food for[...]

Weeks ago my husband and I were trying to find something good on TV and since there was nothing we ended up watching 10 minutes or so of Wanderlust – I[...]

Besides TV shows and Christmas baking , this month has also been about my decision to grow out my pixie: I’d decided that a month or so ago, then dropped[...]

These past few days have been about more than Christmas baking: yesterday I said goodbye to a bunch of criminals that I held close to my heart for seven[...]

It is always a joy for me to do the Christmas series here on the blog: the baked goods are delicious and they make my apartment smell wonderful, too. :) There[...]