Memorable Kids’ Bday Parties with Dulce & Petit
This is not a sponsored post, just my own personal view. One of the highlights of my girls’ birthdays and other milestone events over the years has been the...
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Making Flan
We always tend to remember food from our childhood where a few recipes stand out and stay as lifetime favorites. For me as a kid, one of my all-time Filipino/Spanish...
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The Odd Beauty of Queimada Tradition
A few weeks ago, we were invited to a friend’s house for a traditional Galician/Spanish dinner. While we knew we were in for some delicious Spanish food, we...
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Easy Birthday Cake
For Chiara’s birthday two weeks ago, I made Jamie Oliver’s Chocolate Fudge Cake, a super easy-to-make, indulgent dessert. The girls and Richard liked it so...
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Bûche de Noël, French Yule Log
This past Sunday, we were fortunate enough to get lessons on how to make a French Yule Log, Bûche de Noël, with the girls’ French tutor, Aurore. On a busy...
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Trying Out Fall Desserts
To get ready for several holiday and dinner parties that we’re hosting in the next few weeks, I decided to try a new dessert recipe with my little helper, Ines,...
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Coconut Bread Pudding with Pineapples
Before I get started baking apple pies and other heartier dishes, I made coconut bread pudding last week in the hopes of making summer last a little bit longer at home....
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A Spaniard’s Easy Paella Recipe
For the last five years or so, I have been meeting up with my French conversation group to practice French and talk about all sorts of stuff. The group is made up of one...
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Five Favorite Restaurants in Miami Beach
When we decided to spend the girls’ Spring Break in Miami Beach, we chose it because it was a quick getaway — simply three hours on the plane, and voila,...
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Crêpes 101 with a Breton Dad
One of the things we love to do in the winter is eat crêpes…actually, scratch that, we love to eat crêpes pretty much all year round. Crêpes are a French...
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