Playing Around With Cajeta - with a tour of my favorite blogs

It is not like I didn’t know about dulce de leche. I have been making it myself for a long time now, according to the David Lebovitz method. But then Pim snickered about it, calling him names and declaring only real milk is acceptable and no sweetened condensed milk. That got me thinking. Then I [...]

Been Drinking Wine - Bibenda Day 2008, and others

This past 10 days, in between all the last minute preparations for vino roma (like begging wine distributors and reps to sell me wine, please, and when they consent to do so, after many mails and calls, wait for them to deliver), I have been taking part in a lot of wine events here in [...]

Pasta alla Romana

No, no, no, before any Romans come out to throw stones at me, this is not a traditional recipe. It is my interpretation of typical Roman ingredients which turned out to be truly yummy: Guanciale, romanesco, pecorino romano are real milestones of the roman kitchen - mind you, not the only ones; but they really [...]