Lemons + Anchovies

The Glorious Pasta of Italy: A Book Review

Many of you might already know how much I love to eat pasta.  I can eat it each day of the week and not tire of it.  Were I to be asked what my last meal would be, pasta would most certainly be in the equation. So when the good people of Cooks & Books & Recipes gave me the opportunity to ... Read More

Chocolate-Raspberry (Birthday) Cake

  I will let you in on a little secret. Since waxing poetic two posts ago about the merits of growing up (euphemism for getting old?), my attitude has encroached on negative territory a few times.  I still stand behind all I said two weeks ago.  My angst about approaching this milestone ... Read More

Roasted Tomato Soup

  There was a time when I turned my nose up at tomato soup.  To me it was no more than watered down tomato sauce disguised as soup--not the least bit appealing. I felt the same about tomato juice. V8? I'll pass.  I don't recall when the turning point was, when I decided that a good bowl of ... Read More

Pastéis de Nata

Thoughts of my visit to Portugal a few years ago always evoke warm feelings for the relaxed, friendly atmosphere of Lisbon, azure skies and equally blue waters of the Algarve coastline.  Also vivid in my mind are the cork oaks that stood proudly along the country roads.  The tree trunks were in ... Read More

On Growing Up and an Ultra-Rich Chocolate Cake

  Life has a way of working out...if you let it do its thing.  I didn't become aware of my controlling nature until I reached my thirties (which will be history in a couple of weeks), realizing that when it comes to my life, I am very specific about how I want things to go.  I assert this ... Read More

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