Entries from March 2010

March 30, 2010

Challah

My long lost foodies! Vida has gotten extraordinarily busy—in bueno and exciting ways—but I just wanted to quickly check in and challah!   To all my chosen foodies, I wish you a feliz Passover! (Yes, I realize that challah is not kosher for Passover—but who am I to suppress the irresistible allure of the overdone [...]

March 16, 2010

When It Rains…

…I bake. Oh, that’s not how the saying goes? Well, that’s definitely how it went this weekend. If you’ve not heard, the skies that hover above NYC—the same ones that just a day before had begun to resemble the likes of springtime—decided to open up wide and bestow a violent deluge upon its city. Blackouts [...]

March 11, 2010

A Taste of Primavera

The español word of el día: primavera. Primavera means spring. Spring means fabuloso weather, fresh produce and a general influx in reasons to love life. So when Wednesday decided to play dress-up as primavera, I awoke in a state of general gleefulness—and with a surge of extra endorphins. I sprung (pun definitely intended) out of [...]

March 10, 2010

In Defense Of Carbs

To continue my proclamation of amor for my favorite food group, let’s play a little game of name that tune. I love carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs Carbs, I do adore Sound familiar? No? Okay, maybe it’s not a real song. Maybe I just replaced the word carbs for girls in Jay-Z’s “Girls, Girls Girls.” But [...]

March 5, 2010

Carbzilla

¡Feliz Friday, foodies! I almost opted out of posting today porque I have to finish up several writing projects and some tarea before the weekend commences. However, Google Analytics (my procrastination method of choice) just changed my mind. Yesterday, 13 people Googled the term “carbzilla” and landed on my blog. Thirteen people. Seriosamente. This, in [...]

March 4, 2010

By Now, I Should Know…

By now, I should know that cereal and I are futile breakfast partners in crime. You see, when cereal and I meet en la mañana, we always do the same old dance. I dole out far too large a serving. I enjoy the soggy deliciousness but find myself still hungry. I refill with with more [...]

March 3, 2010

My Cottage Cheese Cherry

Happy día de hump, mis foodies! Thank you so much for all of your supportive comments in response to yesterday’s  back to escuela announcement. I was grinning from oreja a oreja (ear to ear) all day as I read through your enthusiastic words. I’m so excited to be taking this "next step" en mi vida, [...]

March 2, 2010

Tengo Hambre

Last we spoke, I left you all with a mild cliffhanger. Then I disappeared for dos semanas. To address this, I can do no more than quote the timelessly eloquent Stephanie Tanner. Source. Rude, indeed, mis foodies. But I am here now, ready to unhinge that cliff. So what’s this exciting news that involves comida [...]