Jasmin and Manuel’ s contest, Taking roots, organized to celebrate their first Labna blogiversary, was definitely my cup of tea for two reasons: – the roots are essential for all of us, your family build them up for you day after day, they give you the sap to grow, the minerals from the home soil to fortify you and the strength necessary to let you fly; - the roots are magical, [...]

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As you may already know, there are two days I really love throughout the year. The first one is my birthday, when, at the end of July, I love to enjoy the last moments of sleep under my fresh linen sheets, savouring every second before the big day begins. The second one is Christmas: obviously there’s [...]

Posted in Baked Good, Christmas, Desserts, Winter 10 Comments »

Last week of work before Christmas, here we start to deal with dinners to exchange greetings with colleagues, friends from elementary school, high school and college, family friends, close and less close relatives, new acquaintances and happy hours under the Christmas tree. This is the reason I’m presenting you a recipe to face this social life alarm: the idea is to have a light meal with a festive character and [...]

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This was my letter to Santa Claus more or less 20 years ago, when 9-year-old girls were still 9 year old girls. Dear Santa, I’ve been a good girl this year, so would you mind bringing me some cute dishes and bowls to play in my small kitchen? Marta and I have so much fun pretending to cook in my granny’s shed, I would love some pretty dishes and a few small bowls with little cute flowers, or maybe a tray with lovely tea cups, so we can play the ladies! Thank [...]

Posted in Autumn, Baked Good, Main Course, Vegetarian Recipes, Winter 3 Comments »

This is a special issue. We are all together, from all around the world, to tell you something about our Christmas, being it on the top of a snowy mountain or on a sunny beach, baking cookies with your children or cooking something special for your dear ones, with a crazy and buzzing family or [...]

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