Thursday, 14 August 2014 | 30 comments
5-ingredient lemon honey macaroons
Nicole Spiridakis‘s Flourless arrived on my doorstep at just the right time. » Click to read more
Friday, 25 May 2012 | 61 comments
Herb-infused clara con limón
What seems like eons ago, I studied in Valencia, Spain. Spain agreed with me. It wasn’t hard to settle into a life of afternoons on the Mediterranean, late suppers and later nights out, wide avenidas, weekends in the countryside. Oranges grew in the streets. Things were older, slower. » Click to read more
Monday, 4 April 2011 | 8 comments
Lemon-marjoram cake with viognier icing
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I have a really healthy appreciation for un-iced cakes. (If you’re counting, that’s two out of a grand total of 12 posts on this blog dedicated to not-too-sweet cakes.) It is rare for me to meet a frosting or icing that I actually like. (Aside: Ten points to whomever can settle whether or not there is actually a difference between “frosting” and “icing”. I’ve always used them interchangeably, but in writing this post I realized that it’s rather contentious.)