Who said that the best cafes are in Paris? I\’m always on the lookout for the most amazing cafes and this time I\’ve found the most beautiful one I\’ve ever seen. A friend told me about Salon des Fleurs knowing my love for flowers and all things pretty. This cozy place in Madrid is a […]
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Happy Monday everyone! I\’m ecstatic for a number of reasons. First and foremost, Christmas is around the corner and I still get as excited as a kid waiting for Santa. I\’m also happy because I have an amazing recipe to share with you today. This year I’ve ventured to do a more difficult one and
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Let\’s make the most delicious no-bake chocolate and biscuit cake. This is my family\’s favorite cake recipe and we love to make it on special occasions such as birthdays, mother\’s or father\’s day. Why is it so popular at home? The taste of the creamy chocolate as it melts in your mouth is out of
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Being the daughter of a winemaker, my life has always been linked to wine. Our vacations consisted of visiting the main wineries in Bordeaux, the Champagne region, Porto or Napa and Sonoma. Now, even though I\’m not a big fan of alcoholic drinks I\’ve always regarded the whole process of wine making as art.
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Photo credit De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to the Sky) is the official slogan for the Spanish capital. We literally lived by those words when we had dinner at the top of one of the four skyscrapers known as Cuatro Torres.
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Happy Monday everyone! Many of you may be making plans to celebrate the 4th of July this weekend. Are you struggling to find a delicious and original recipe? I know that Pinterest is full of ideas but I find many of them are too complicated and tedious to make. So if you are looking for
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There are some recipes that I only make once a year. Why? I don\’t really know. Probably because I enjoy eating them even more. It makes the recipe more special. It\’s like Christmas treats. You only eat them at that time of the year. If you ate them now it\’d feel like cheating, right? Such is
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In honor of Saint Patrick, which is celebrated on the 17th of March, this is going to be Irish week on the blog. We are going to kick off with a recipe I brought back from Ireland. If you follow the blog you may know that I\’ve lived in different English speaking countries. I spent
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Roscon de Reyes is a traditional Spanish ring-shaped cake baked for the festival of Epiphany at the end of the Christmas season. It is commemorated on January 6 and celebrates the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child.
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