On Christmas Day, I woke up and drove away from my parents’ house. We’d celebrated nochebuena the night before at home and spent the weekend together on our first family cruise. On Tuesday… Read More
Do you have an Italian grandmother? Neither do I. My abuelita is Nicaraguan, and she makes fantastic arroz aguado and sopa de frijoles. Oh my goodness, the sopa de frijoles. I’ll tell you… Read More
First, someone leads you in. There’s a clean table for you with a tealight candle glowing in the center. Drinks are ordered. An appetizer, or two if you’re hungry, comes next. Maybe the waiter snaps a… Read More
Here’s another recipe from a cookbook we’ve been flipping through. It gave us the Adobo-Smothered Chicken Wings, and it’s called Salt Sugar Smoke: How to Preserve Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, and Fish by Diana Henry.… Read More
Something happens when we’re apart. Danny goes out of town for a few days and… My appetite takes a dive, and the kitchen gets a break. I don’t remember what I had Wednesday… Read More
It’s the weekend! Do you have any plans? I’ve got a little roadtrip this weekend. A surprise party tonight. Movie date with my sisters. And I need to paint my nails really quick… Read More
