Watch the video for this recipe: This summer I really enjoyed berries, served them as they are, in parfaits or in various breakfast dishes like these Blueberry Pancakes or in cakes like this Raspberry Cake or Blueberry Bundt Cake.. and the list can go on. Berries are good in almost …

Although I will happily eat burrata — that lush mozzarella-on-the-outside, creamy-ricotta-center cheese from Puglia’s Razza Podolica’s cows by way of skilled craftsmen — with a knife and fork, quartered on a plate, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic, flaky sea and pepper with or without a few tiny tomatoes all …

Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl, happy and in love. He liked chocolate and cheesecake and peanut butter and coffee and she, rather luckily for him, liked to bake. When they’d been married for one year, she made him a chocolate caramel cheesecake on his …

Watch the video for this recipe: Sacher Torte is one of the most famous cakes around the world. In 1832  Franz Sacher created the Sacher Torte at the court of Prince Metternich, in Vienna, Austria. It is an elegant, soft chocolate cake, filled with apricot jam and topped with a …

If you go to Mexico City and leave without a pressing, relentless craving for melon, or really just about any fruit, sprinkled with tajín (salsa en polva), a branded seasoning powder comprised of chiles, lime and salt, I think you need to go back because you did it wrong. It …

Watch the video for this recipe: Summer is bursting with berries and I really enjoy using them for various breakfast dishes like in this delicious Ricotta Blueberry Pancakes. Blueberries has always been great in pancakes, and are totally amazing in these ones made with ricotta.   What I love about …

Watch the video for this recipe: This Japanese Cheesecake was in my “to do” list for quite some time now. This is my first attempt of making it and I must say it is one of the best cheesecakes I have ever made so far. It is a very delicate …

Watch the video for this recipe: The first time I have ever served Paella was when I visited Barcelona. I have really enjoyed the dish and I have wanted to share a recipe with you ever since. I am not leaving close to the sea so instead of preparing a …

Watch the video for this recipe: Peaches are one of my favorite summer fruits and I really love to use them in various dessert recipes like this Peach Cake, Peach and Chocolate Pavlova, Peach Galette or refreshing summer drinks like this Peach Lemonade.   These Peach Crumble Muffins are simply …

When I moved to New York City 16 years ago I am pretty sure that on some level I believed if I went far enough above 14th Street with money I did not have, I’d reenter some gauzy version of New York from the past, you know, stuffy restaurants with …