Recipes
Dutch Apple Pie (Appeltaart)
My husband is a big pie fan. Huge actually. His theory is: eat it in the morning for breakfast so you have the whole day to burn off the calorie bomb. I find this particularly funny as my husband is 6”1 and on the slim side—weight, you could say, has never been his concern. Lucky […]
Why I Now Like Yogurt (Skyr)
I have never loved yogurt. It was not the texture or tartness; to me, yogurt has always been too sweet. And then I went to Iceland… Greek yogurt started a whole thick-and-creamy yogurt trend. Fage introduced their yogurt to the market in the late 90’s. By the early 2000s, it was all the rage. Greek […]
Quick Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a raw vegetable soup served chilled. Gazpacho is believed to have originated in the Southern Spanish region Andalusia but is commonly seen all over Spain and Portugal (where it is known as “Gaupacho”). Historically, the most well-known versions of gazpacho (or “soup-salad” as it has been called) come from Seville and Córdoba. Traditional ingredients […]
Brussels Sprouts And Cotija Cheese
I discovered Cotija cheese several years ago when I hosted my husband’s 40th birthday party, which had a Mexican theme and was catered by Tacolicious, a fantastic California-style taqueria in San Francisco. Cotija has become a staple in my house ever since. Cotija is a cow’s milk cheese named for the small Mexican town in […]