Breakfast Polenta with Chorizo

My best friend’s dad excitedly yells “coincidence theory!” when it happens. Others know it as serendipity. It’s the little things that connect to something else. These moments strung together like events in a… Read More

Spanish Pea Soup with Crispy Ham

It’s the second week of January, and a lot of us are still in the holiday comedown. New Year’s Eve comes around and suddenly you’re waking up at noon on the first day… Read More

Westy 12, the Best Beer in the World

We did our part. We helped the monks. The Westvleteren 12 — known as the best beer in the world — was available in Tampa Bay for just a few hours on December 12, but we… Read More

Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Bread

I know I’m not alone in my love of fresh starts. A new notebook with clean, crisp pages. A new haircut (with bangs, in my case). A new daily planner. A new year.… Read More

The Best Recipes of 2012

  Happy New Year’s Eve! This part sneaks up so quickly after Christmas. I hope you treated yourself to a great last breakfast of 2012, and exciting NYE plans await you. Don’t forget… Read More

A Christmas Cookbook Collection

      When I was younger, my madrina would ask my sister and I what we wanted her Santa to bring us. I always liked that idea, that she had her own Santa on… Read More