"This is the third day I have had this same salad" I thought to myself while I was segmenting blood oranges and slicing fennel. Then I looked over to my dining table and saw the four different bowls filled with citrus. Blood oranges, honeybells, tangelos, Valencias for juice in the morning, and a bag of ...
Even though I love to travel and explore, I am really a homebody inside. I like to be home, gather my friends around me, and cook for them in the warmth of my kitchen. It is especially true these days as my parents are with us once again for a few weeks. It is crowded, ...
Summer approaches and the heat is already getting to me.This is the time when all I can think about is fresh fruit, chilled soups, salads, and lots and lots of sorbet pops.I bought the first saturn peaches of the season a few days ago. They are nature's candy, if you ask me. (I seem to ...
Sometimes it is easy for me to get sucked into the little details of my everyday life. Getting kids ready in the morning, making sure everyone is fed... Then I start working.It is taking much energy for me to work on this book. Believe me, it is my passion. I cannot stop thinking about it. ...
Sometimes a simple aqua-colored paper box filled with golden gooseberries is enough to brighten my day."Oh I haven't seen these since my summer in Portugal!" I gushed as soon as I saw them. There they were. Cape gooseberries wrapped in their wrinkled, papery, brown-colored shell. "I have no idea what I will do with them, ...