oh… those crusty borders

This time around, no bread for you! It was about time, I know, but before you all let out a sigh of relief, I have a feeling there will be a bread post in the next week or so because I´m about to experiment with a few classic breads.
This one is another classic, tomato sauce, [...]

Rolls of delight

I think I would just die if I had to stick to a low-carb diet. Don´t get me wrong, I´m fine with whichever suits your needs (though I must admit the whole low-carb obsession did make me smirk ocassionally while I was in the US), but it´s just against the very core of my taste in food.
You [...]

how to stress yourself in the kitchen

For my birthday, I decided to do little celebrations here and there with different people so that I would get to enjoy it little by little and not get stressed out at all.
So on Wednesday I was supposed to make dinner for my parents and my brother: Since they usually take me out to dinner [...]

Simple, but delicious grilled polenta with kidney bean salad

My lunches are usually very low key affairs. If I´m not working that day, chances are I´ll wake up quite late and just do a stronger breakfast which is good for both breakfast and lunch (cultural disclaimer: in Argentina, breakfasts are not big meals, usually “café con leche”, coffee latte, with a cookie or two, [...]

the seemingly endless dulce de leche saga continues… this time, it´s cheesecake

When I read that Peabody was hosting this month´s Hay Hay it´s Donna Day and she had chosen cheesecake as the theme, I knew I had to participate. You see, I´ve only done a cheesecake once in my life, it turned out a bit too heavy and I promised myself I would try again with another [...]

Ok, I´m officially insane (or how I started a food blog in Spanish)

It would seem to me that when you barely have time to post as often as you want in your blog, it´s not too logical to start another blog… this time in Spanish.
Well, I guess at some level it does make sense because I just did it! I present you Pip en la ciudad, my [...]

blondies for the birthday blondie

There are days when you are 100% entitled to indulge in whatever suits your fancy, and one of those days would definitely be your own birthday.
So I decided that what I needed to celebrate my quarter of a century inhabiting this marvelous planet of ours (I know, it hurts me too) was to bake blondies… [...]

homemade tagliatelle with two discoveries

My family is a big part of who I am in the kitchen. Their attitude towards food and cooking has definitely shaped the way I envision a perfect meal to be. A good summary would be something like creativity, passion, little meat, many vegetables and herbs/spices, a starchy component, and a nice amount of cheese.
My dad [...]

Puppy eyes

Things are actually starting to calm down in the puppy-with-too-much-energy-for-me front. Phoebe is adjusting to her new, much smaller, environment and coming to grips with the word “no” haha
She´s growing every single second it seems, coming in at 17 pounds at just 9 weeks of age. She´s still dangerous when it comes to chewing and [...]