The Daring Bakers are back, did you miss us? Well, I´m sure my hips didn´t!
This month is all about cream and chocolate, so they won´t be getting any sort of rest. When I heard that Mary had chosen Bostini cream pie as our challenge this month with an orange flavored genoise cake, I knew it [...]
I have always had a thing for design, in different expressions, but even more so when it comes to home design. I think I have watched every Changing Rooms episode there is, and, wallet allowing, I´d redecorate my house all the time (though I´d settle with finishing to decorate!). For the time being, I try [...]
I rarely use condensed milk. Don´t get me wrong, I love it, especially laying in a Brazilian beach and having it with a tropical fruit salad inside a pineapple… I need a vacation ASAP!
But anyway, I just don´t see recipes using it and when I do, they seem a bit too sweet, and as you [...]
Some flavor combinations are simply perfect, it´s as if the spices had belonged together for centuries… come to think of it, that would actually be the case with chai spices.
As I have said before, I have a bit of a love story going on with chai tea, and lately that has started to branch out [...]
Well, apparently it´s going to be more of a monthly event than a weekly or bi-weekly. For the first installment, click here.
This time, it´s another stroll through my beloved neighborhood, Palermo, with the lovely and very talented Jenny from True Nature.
We went to this awesome soap shop called Savater Hnos. I´ve been meaning to visit [...]
I don´t want people thinking I have sugar-ladden treats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner… well, not that I´d really mind actually, but since nutrition does have some sort of role in what we eat, I do eat savory things, and sometimes I even feel like posting about it.
The problem is that my savory dishes are [...]
