tomato or my food revolution
I love food. I love to eat. But, I don't always treat my body with food that says "I love you." Sometimes I eat like it was the most unimportant thing in my life. But of course it is the most important thing. So much of how we feel and how we live depends on...
polenta or the taste of home
Polenta is the taste of home, the taste of homemade food. It's the food my grandmother made when I asked her "am I dying?" which I asked all the time whenever I fell ill when I was little. Polenta is this soft cornmeal packed in the form of a baguette. But the polenta I grew...
Best of London: Pub Crawl
I've done the wine country in Napa, California and I've eaten with people who would swear they cannot digest without half a glass of red Rioja {Spaniards}. But I'd never met foodie fananics like Dick and Molly. I met Dick and Molly in Pizzeria Paradiso in DC. This place is not your usual grease-in-a-box joint....
best of london: gloucester & paul
I was talking to a friend earlier this week about choices and we were saying that it's OK - even ideal - to make snap decisions. If you know what you want why delay your decision with endless trials "just to make sure"? Sometimes I find what I want on the first try and with...
my cup of tea
I like the versatility of tea, that there is a tea for almost every moment, every mood. I usally have stern unsweetened green tea in the morning or if I feel a little low a spicy boost of Twinings of London Chai tea. But, lately I've fallen in love with their Ceylon Orange Pekoe Tea....
essentials: bread books & balloons
I just want to read beautiful things, stare at beautiful things, make beautiful things.
chocolate y porras
Porras are fat churros. Not to be confused with porros, or Spanish slang for marijuana joints :)
my lamb roast
One does not live by bread alone when she knows there's butter, pumpkin pie, tortilla de patata española within reach.
