Rhubarb is always my harbinger of spring. When it shows up, I know that it is time to start planting my garden and switch from dark beers to gin cocktails. It is also one of those blink-and-you-miss-it kind of ingredients. There have been years when I didn’t snatch it up…
I tend toward food obsessions. I’ll go through a stage where I eat persimmons and nothing but. Or chiles. Or I go mad-scientist making shrubs. Since we are officially into fall, this will likely be my last semifreddo recipe for the year. I wanted to make it something special and…
I’ve said time and time again that I am not a baker. I have the hardest time sticking to a recipe and precision is a foreign concept to me when it comes to measuring things out. I do better with desserts that you can’t screw up if you really try…
Barcelona has to be one of my favorite cities in the world. I haven’t visited in over 10 years, but it left such an impression on my that I still dream Gaudi dreams. The city on the sea – like any port city is a mix of languages, culture and…
That guy I mostly hang out with, well it was his birthday this week. He and I differ slightly in how we like to celebrate life events. Greg thinks that a birthday is “just another day” while the Latina-girl in me thinks anything less than a weeklong celebration for any…