I know sometimes I must sound like a broken record repeating over and over again how much I love this time of year. I really do. I believe this is a consequence of a childhood where the days leading up to Christmas were always full of excitement. The pastry shop shelves full of beautifully packaged ...
Our farmers market finally started again. I cannot believe it has been six months already since we enjoyed our last farmers' market tomatoes, berries and more. Even after all these years, I still find it fascinating how when the rest of the country is going into almost hibernation, we are now enjoying being outside and ...
If you follow this blog, you know we love doughnuts in our house. Pumpkin hazelnut, cherry blossom and coconut are just some of the doughnuts that I have documented here and there are many more that have not made it to these pages.So you can imagine how anxiously I have been waiting for my friend ...
This past weekend was the first time since we came back from our trip that I didn't have to work and I took full advantage of it. Friday I finished shooting a cookbook (no, not mine) and I was looking forward to a relaxing weekend with my family and my kitchen. Books to read, movies ...
One of the things I miss the most about Spring time in the Basque Country is ewe's milk. Every year around April or May, it was the time when my uncle's ewes would give birth. We would go watch them in the afternoons as they grazed around the pastures behind his house. This is the ...