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Cheesetown
Cheese is a matter of utmost importance here in Asturias. The fact that a piece of land which size falls halfway between Delaware and Connecticut has over 40 different varieties of artisanal cheeses...
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Easy yogurt cake
The first time I saw a cake mix I was sixteen, and it was quite the shock. I was spending my junior year of high school as an exchange student in the USA, having fled the nest prompted by a stinging...
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Family lunch at La Xagarda
Xagarda is the word for apple in Xíriga, the language of the roof tile makers from Llanes and Ribadesella, another village of the Asturian coast about 20 miles away to the west. It is also the name of...
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Coming to an end
As my mother likes to put it “Summer is ten minutes long”, and it seems that those ten minutes are almost up. Even though it won’t be officially over until September 21, one can most certainly feel it...
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El Desarme
So. This is not at all how I’d envisioned things happening when I wrote my last post. My way back last post. My I-can’t-believe-almost-two-months-are-gone-by-already-since-I-posted-it last post. But...
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Xatinos and Russian Steaks
Asturian veal. Pride and glory of our prairies. The most extensively consumed kind of meat around these lands. Just look at’em cutie pies. They’re not grass fed. They’re grass-eating freaking machines....
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The metric system, exposed
Ok, so I wanted to make a really didactic post explaining all about the metric system, since I’m aware that a large portion of the food blogging community comes from the United States where it isn’t...
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“Ten ton hammer” chocolate birthday cake
Last Saturday my dear gent turned 24. It might not seem like a big number, but I can vividly remember wishing him a happy eighteenth birthday and suddenly whoa! 24!, which not so long ago sounded like...
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Movie love and hot chocolate
Didn’t you just love to go on fieldtrips as a kid? Fieldtrips are, without the slightest doubt, some of my fondest, most treasured memories from my school years, from kindergarden all the way through...
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Bright and warm winter vegetable puree
As the cold temperatures of December set in, I felt eager to share a childhood recipe that’s warmed up many a lunch and dinner throughout the years. During the winter months, a variety of vegetable...
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