Although orange season peaks right around late winter, we are still getting gorgeous local, organic oranges in South Florida. I love oranges, mostly peeled, no need to cook them or juice them, just fresh. They bring back tons of childhood memories, mostly from around Christmas time. We used to just eat oranges as a dessert ...
It was time to clean the refrigerator today. Long over due. You should have seen it. Separated eggs, bits of cake, one bread pudding, milk jam, a half eaten pear... Not pretty. I never throw away anything. I freeze and find ways to reuse but this was getting a little out of hand. The milk jam ...
Chocolate mousse with banana cake, salted caramel cream, peanuts and baked chocolate meringues As you might know, I sprained the back of my knee last week. It was hard to move around and I wasn't in the mood for baking. The only thing I made all week were the lemon and olive oil madeleines that ...
During one of my last trips back home, I stopped in Barcelona to visit my friend Ainara. Barcelona has a special charm, the light, the ocean, the mystic, quirky culture. Beautiful and colorful. And if you are obsessed with pastry as I am, it's full of beautiful small pastry shops. Chocolate is a big ...
Easter is approaching and I wanted to use wheatgrass for some kind of presentation. We used to make lollipops all the time in the hotel where I worked last. Cookies in a stick, sugar lollipops, chocolate lollipops and this one was my favorite, cheesecake lollipops.Growing up, we didn't celebrate Easter the same way Americans celebrate ...
