Happy Holidays everyone! Things have been simply crazy this year – some good some not good – such is life. Am hoping to post some newer stuff – as always delicious – soon. I recently had to get a new phone – my blackberry dated back to the Jurassic era and was just not working...

We have been enjoying christmas here, lots of baking. My mother gave me a Kitchenaid stand mixer and we have been using it for a few initial recipes. One of them is a cheesecake we have baking in the oven as I type. Another is a recipe I whipped together on the fly for a...

I have entered this post into the annual Bon Appetit Holiday Dessert Bake-Off and I would be deeply thankful if you would follow THIS LINK and vote for my entry! I have been fretting over this post for DAYS. I have been conceptualizing, racking my culinary brains, wondering if this entry should be super child...

(Don’t forget to enter Lou Manna’s “Best Looking Food of 2009 contest” to win everything you could possibly need for food photography! See my previous post for details. Contest ends February 16th, 2009) We made the usual sugar cookies this year but I do not have any photos, was so dark at the time and,...

Living in the Northeast means that we get nice long summer days and sad short midwinter days. I was born very near the equator, in the mountain city of Pereira, Colombia (up in the Andes). I moved to Wisconsin when I was 3 1/2 years old and have lived in the snowy lands of the...

Yummmm, sugar cookies. I know its only November but the holidays are really just around the corner. Once Halloween is gone, it seems like its a full-on sprint into the winter holidays. If you have the time, one nice way to open the season is to make a batch of beautiful sugar cookies. Perhaps a...

Back in December, during my cookie baking furies, I noticed that AllRecipes.com was running a photo contest for cookie photos. I had fresh cookie photos so I entered (see shot above) not really expecting to win because the AllRecipes site gets a huge amount of traffic and there were sure to be many great submissions....

(If you are looking for information on my contribution to the Menu for Hope III event go to this permalink) (Through the portal © 2006 Nika All rights reserved)Today is the shortest day of the year and tonight is the longest night. It is an important time for those of us who live in northern...

(Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with hot chocolate © 2005-2006 Nika All rights reserved) Last year I did a quickie post on Colombian bunuelos but I did not do the How-2 Guide or give a recipe. I will do that now. Colombian Bunuelos Ingredients: 2 C white fresh farmers cheese, finely ground or crumbled...

(If you are looking for information on my contribution to the Menu for Hope III event go to this permalink) I have been writing up a storm over at the Well Fed Network these days but not posting (as I should) here because things have been hectic! I have included my latest Spirit World article...