musings of a traveller and food lover

Shalimar

Warmest Holiday Wishes….

To everybody…. I have left Florida and now in London to spend time with my sister and her family… I have few days left to get our Christmas organized with my sister and by the ...

Lasang Pinoy Sundays # 25… Saucy

When Ces of Spices started hosting this weekly Filipino food photography, she always have encouraged me to join. After all I have been active with the Lasang Pinoy “Filipino ...

…when you miss home, cook!!! … fakes

It all started reading Jo’s blog… on her latest post, she wrote about Greek wines – pairing wine and food. Last week I emailed Laurie for a certain Greek recipe in which I ...

cinnamon & honey frosted banana cupcakes

Few bananas that are sitting inside the fruit bowls are rotting away. I thought of banana bread but I do not want to bore the crew with it. So I thought of muffins and for some reason I ...

heaven in my mouth…

I first had my taste of this dessert when my then boyfriend (now ex husband… yes the Swiss cheese) took me to an Italian restaurant up in the northern suburbs where he used to live. ...

panarea, aeolian islands

There is no day I do not think of all the travels I have done all over Italy, or rather all along the coast lines of Italy. One of the memorable trip we did was cruising the Aeolian Islands ...

swordfish en papillote with herbs & vegetables

Cooking full time for the crew seems to be taxing. I need to keep a diary somehow what I have been cooking for the past days as not to repeat same food over and making sure that I am also ...

mousse au chocolat

There is nothing I can describe such pleasure drinking a glass of merlot and licking a mousse au chocolate covered spoon on wet rainy evening here in Florida… while my mental state ...