For me, Christmas began a few days ago, when we got here in Brazil. A colorful, hot and rainy Christmas full of gifts: the old streets, the same houses and faces, the fresh market and its sweet fruits, the familiar scents and the well known tastes!!!

We’re at home, in Brazil, and as I already thought, it’s been hard to write. And even harder is to keep focused and to choose the right recipe to share. Here we eat all day long, believe me!!!!! Finally, I thought it’d be good to celebrate one more time the meeting between Brazil and United [...]

I’m leaving today to Brazil. A lot of expectation and a mix of feelings: seeing the whole family, visiting familiar places, talking in Portuguese, talking freely without looking for the right word, eating together, eating the food I always used to eat. Oh my, I need a cookie right now!!! I’m in a hurry, packing, [...]

I love holidays food but between a turkey and a pork (and I’m going to eat a lot of pork on the next days!!!!), I need some red meat. Brazilians are usually known for the barbecue and their appreciation for beef. I totally honor it but, living in the United States, it can be a big [...]

Compared to the first post, that’s not the best picture, I agree! But I kind of have feelings for it. As soon as I got to choose the name for the blog, I knew it should be the recipe to start with.  You know, “Give me flour”, “flour”, flour makes bread and so……. And that’s one [...]