Enjoy this tasty cookie which checks important boxes for health. Go make them, they are good for you and taste good too.

This cake meets the challenge of being sweet, easy to eat, and having sufficient protein – a component missing in most ‘Italian breakfast.

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On 17 February 17, 2014 my Dad left the world as we know it. This post is for him. I'm certain he would have enjoyed the stuffed cabbage too

Russian parfait, a dessert simple, elegant, and decadent and full of hope, humanity, and possibilities all at once.

Giant green stalks. Affectionately known among friends here as ‘sparkles’, a play on the German word for asparagus, ‘spargel’. Russian...

Chickpea. Garbanzo beans. Ceci. Chana. Gram. Top top mama. Nohut. Whatever country you’re from whatever you call it, this beautiful bean...

Bunny & the Bearli's admire coconut palms at sunset on the beach outside our guest house Whispering Shells in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. King...

A new Turkish salad bowl, colorfully calling out to be filled with summer salads. Global warming, diet inducing? Eating in the heat can...

As a rule, the banana and I are not on good terms. Years of constipation already had me avoiding the banana. Even promises that it was a...

Left Bunny about to dig into her first asparagus Milanese of the season; right various asparagus in season in Bologna street market...

Mom's spaghetti sauce, in her special sauce pot. Spaghettis sauce could be the epitome of why food speaks to me. Growing up in a “Latin”...

Once again, my NT alma mater IINH, gave me the opportunity to lead an interactive session titled Food & Culture with fellow Nutritional...

Bunny poses with Maggie's gluten-free chocolate orange cake at a birthday celebration. Straight to the point - Bunny and I basically have...

Center me, circa 2006, with my Christmas present and newly knitted accessories, ready for the old new year; top left on the ice new...

There are certain tastes and smells that make a holiday come alive, and for me, my mother's anisette cookies are Christmas. When I was in...

Two years we shared super happy Thanksgivings with Mary & Mehdi Jazayeri, in the full spirit of communal preparations and sharing of...

Fall is my favorite time of year, colors, crisp breezes, and warm food. As a young person, I was always fascinated how my mother managed...

At table, 7 of the 8 women from 8 countries attending IWCL cooking class, 8th taking the photo When I came to Lugano in 2007 it felt a...

Granola is one of the foods that was healthy, and then got highjacked. The granola bar of my youth was little more than sugar (or eeh...

Photo courtesy of google, artichokes in their natural growing splendor May, proud month of the artichoke. Spring vegetables highlight...

Charlie's 17th birthday cake, an artistically sophisticated version of the original - same cake inside Recently, Carol, an imaginative...

Challah bread photos courtesy of google. Recently in Beretta, my favorite bakery in Como, Alli and I were discussing the delicacies of...

Last night my passion for food and culture had an exciting milestone. Just in time to celebrate the year of the Dog, I had a chance to...

The Chinese year of the Rooster (2017) had a slightly simpler connection to a specific dish, I posted my favorite soup which coincided...

Bunny on the breakfast table, observing the feast, in the garden in Sariyer. Breakfast is my favorite meal and it is the meal which...

One of my favorite things about winter cooking - one pot meals - which lend to hearty soups and natural kitchen meditations. Recently, at...

These spectacular soft shelled crabs were made to celebrate my Swiss citizenship, me, CRABtree, now Swiss. They seem an appropo way to...