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This recipe is adapted from Lucas Hollweg’s Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Fennel Seeds, which I made a couple days ago. I didn’t have fennel seeds, so I used anise seeds instead and the result exceeded my expectations. Tonight I tried it on risotto. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup short grain brown rice, boiled for about 12 [...]  A moqueca is a Brazilian fish stew typical of the state of Bahia. This past weekend I made Salmon and Shrimp Moqueca to try out the capixaba clay pan my mother brought me from Brazil. I pureed a head of garlic, an onion, lime juice, salt, and cilantro and marinated six salmon steaks and a pound [...] Browsing through Mark Bittman’s Food Matters Cookbook, I came across this recipe for a tomato crisp. I had seen other recipes for tomato crisp in the past but they often rely on simply breadcrumbs and butter. Bittman’s addition of oats, olive oil, cheese, and nuts proved too irresistible. It was very easy to make since [...] Ricotta seems to be the ingredient of choice in this household at the moment. I don’t bake very often, but when I came across this apple ricotta cake on one of my favourite food blogs (original recipe here), I had to give it a try. The result was a very moist, sweet, flavourful cake. We [...] After chatting this morning with a fellow food fanatic friend (wow, talk about alliteration!) about the wonders of good ricotta, I had to snatch it up when I came across it at my neighbourhood grocer. It made a perfect base for a fresh summer dessert: a slice of buffalo ricotta, topped with sweet yellow plums, [...] This week’s share came with many favourites: cherry tomatoes, corn, green beans, cauliflower, dark leafy greens, eggplant, purple potatoes… I had to take a picture, of course, but I haven’t had a minute to sit down and download it and upload here (how I wish my camera would send pictures directly to flickr!). This abundance [...] Reading Barry Estabrook’s Tomatoland: How Modern Agriculture Destroyed our Most Alluring Fruit has only confirmed the importance of eating seasonally. I’ll talk more about the book in another occasion, today I just wanted to say how excited seeing the first tomatoes of the season make me feel. The past couple of weeks have brought grape [...] One of the best sides of entertaining friends is that you get to cook recipes that work best when cooked for more than two people. I’ve been wanting to make this recipe ever since I saw it on Saveur. I love tomato sauce and I love eggs. What could possibly go wrong?? So when my [...] A paella is not a specific recipe but simply baked rice. In Spain it is traditionally made in an open fire but in modern kitchens you can make it in the oven or even a bbq. Ironically enough, I got to this recipe looking for something to do with eggs. I have some eggs to [...] I’ve been craving a nice feijoada for a while and had planned to make it last weekend for some friends. My plans were thwarted by the insane amount of work all week and into the weekend. There was simply no time to search for the right meets, the right amount of black beans, etc. The [...] |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
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