What do you do when you receive a box of macarons? First photograph them, then sit back and enjoy! It seems to me the frenzy revolving around french macarons has died down a bit. For a while they were all over the internet before time moved on to the next fad. I made quite a […]
Late-Winter Comfort Food
After two weeks of glorious spring weather, the much needed rain came. With the rain, it turned cold and now snow is falling. It is still March after all and it’s not unusual that is snows again. Since we didn’t have much snow this winter anyways, I’m actually happy to look out the window at […]
La Palma, the South
After being able to experience the beautiful almond blossom season in the north, we moved to the geologically younger and much drier southern part of the island, where we spent our second week on the island. Our home during the second week was in Todoque and set amongst a beautiful garden boasting many lovely plants […]
La Palma, the North
We spent two lovely weeks hiking on the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands and also known as “la isla verde”. We arrived just in time for the almond blossom and it was more magnificent than I had imagined. The trees grow wild and the white, light pink and dark pink blossoms […]
Herbed Garbanzo Bean Salad
I look out the window, there is no snow, and it’s unseasonably warm. I long for snow and cold, and I know nature does, too. When will winter arrive? I think back to our trip to Norway last year, and I wonder if we should have decided to go again this year. Just to have […]
Christmas Baking
Once Advent rolls around, I start thinking about Christmas and, of course, cookies. I think I’m a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas baking. Baking the cookies I remember from my childhood is a tradition I don’t want to change. But sometimes I take the flavors and switch things around. Besides, if I made all […]