Connection Through Food
Cooking and baking can be a satisfying creative outlet. It can also be soothing. As long as we’re not thinking too much about what might happen. We worry, “Will this turn out? Will I under or overcook it? Was that too much salt?” If you …
So often, it’s the little things in life that spark joy: the first sip of coffee on a Saturday morning; comfy pajamas put on still warm from the dryer; the smell of rain. Particularly during this time of year…when the promise of spring is just …
I find it fascinating how history and geography contribute to the evolution of a cuisine. We consider risotto to be an Italian dish–in fact, Northern Italian…from Milan. However, rice was first introduced to Italy by way of Sicily. It was introduced to Sicily by the …
This lovely, bittersweet, blood orange marmalade brightens my cold winter mornings. It also sits me once again across the breakfast table from my father, now gone almost two years. I vividly remember dipping marmalade toast in coffee as he recounted the story of the one …
If you love a great story as much as great food, and you haven’t yet read Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate — get yourself a copy here! It’s written in the genre of Magical Realism-which puts into question reality while presenting magic and fantasy as normal. …
I cannot cook or eat zabaglione without thinking of Roberto Begnini. Remember him? He’s the Italian director and actor best known for the 1997 hit movie, Life is Beautiful. When going up to accept his Academy Award for best foreign film, he leaped onto the …
I know what many of you are thinking. Scones are a choking hazard. They require a cup of coffee or tea to help wash them down your throat. I’ve had plenty of those, too. That is, until I found this recipe. It produces a scone …