I have started a new focus on my blog that pulls together various interests I have that will hopefully be of use to some of you and which will be very important to me. As some of you know, I am a scientist (PhD Cell ad Developmental Biology) so I...

When I was offered an opportunity to review the book “Viva Vegan!: 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food Lovers” by Terry Hope Romero I was intrigued. Knowing latino cuisine as I do, the thought of a vegan adaptation of this heavily pork laden foodway boggled my mind. You...

We had a little party in the garden to celebrate the summer solstice. It was a quick one because I had to milk the goats right after so that I was not doing that in the dark! For this party I made the 1-2-3-4 yellow cake in Joy of Cooking...

I wish you and your families a bright and joyful summer solstice today! Take a moment to frolic in the sun and to smell the flowers! I will be making some sunny cupcakes for the kids and we will go out into the garden, scarf cupcakes, meditate on the beauty...

We are making loads and loads of homemade raw goat milk cheese (chevre) around here. Because of this I have to find new and exciting ways to USE the goat cheese, hence today’s recipe. The bread comes out delightfully herby, cheesy, and moist. Super delicious. This bread keeps well in...

Some weeks ago I was contacted by someone who was in charge of finding and inviting latina bloggers across the US and elsewhere to an event in Miami that introduced the new roll-out of the QueRicaVida.com site. This site is put out by General Mills and is their spanish speaking...

I thought I would share a video with you that shows a little of what happens here, when I am NOT food blogging. If you are a longer term reader, you know I “homestead” or have a little farm here on our property. We eat local (backyard) eggs from our...

Woo hoo, I have been sitting on this little secret a few weeks. I am attending the roll out event for the QueRicaVida.com site down in sunny Miami, Florida! This event is on May 20th from 6-9 pm at the Downtown Miami Hyatt Hotel Regency. If you live in the...

I have been utterly submerged in the process of milking our newly freshened dairy goat herd. We are milking 7 goats now, twice a day, whew. We use a machine that requires washing etc so there is still quite a lot of work to do. Since the kids are not...

Today I am sharing the results of an experiment I recently did while I had access to a trial Sous Vide Supreme unit. To the point, I wanted to see what happened when I used this hot water bath for making bread, something that would not take advantage of quite...