I received an email with an invitation more than delicious: it asked if I would like to visit the kitchen, bakery and pastry chef of one of the tastiest restaurants in Sao Paulo – the Arabia. D...
And four years later, here it comes again, the FIFA World Cup – good times when everybody can leave their jobs early to watch football… And the day care will be closed, and you can lie do...
A while ago, I was reading one of my fave blogs, Smitten Kitchen, and for my complete surprise Deb had made the most popular Brazilian candy of all times: brigadeiros. I was even more surprised with ...
In my ideal world, there would be no wars, everyone would have free cable and all meals would be a 5 star hotel breakfast. I love breakfast, although almost never I get more than ten minutes to sit d...
This is a blog where you’ll find a lot of recipes with egg yolks – I have left overs all the time in my fridge. Today was a happy day – besides the yolks, I had a package of shredde...
It was my mother in law’s birthday, so we decided to give her something totally handmade, from candy to packaging. But it had to be something super easy, so my 2 year old could make most part ...
After a 48 hour period without internet connection, I’ll try to be fast and write the recipe for this wonderfully delicious caramels, before something happens again. The most important thing I ...
Nobody asked, but here are some totally irrelevant, although real, facts: Just the other day I’ve opened a fortune cookie from the Chinese restaurant with no fortune inside. That made me a litt...
I wasn’t even thinking of Easter yet, but Xandoca (my chocolatier husband) started with some chocolate egg testing, while I was making some rolled fondant decorations for a cake. I couldn’...
Long time, no see… Things are pretty slow around here, because, unfortunately, I had to be put on a diet. The sad reality is I found out the hard way I’m not a kid anymore, and there are...
My name is Paula and I survived TWO WHOLE MONTHS of summer school recess with a 2-year-old at home. *applause* Don’t get me wrong, I loved every second of it and probably gonna cry a river whe...
I swear I’ve tried for a few days to come up with an amusing little story for this post, but the apartment right above mine is being renovated. They are making a new bathroom. Right this moment...
On New Year’s Eve, we Brazilians have tons of “mandingas”, or little good luck rituals you have to do at midnight SHARP. If you are at the beach, you should jump over seven ocean wa...
To the readers, friends, bloggers, tweeps, to those who left comments, to the ones just browsing, to you who made a recipe that worked, to you who made a recipe that didn’t work, to you coming ...
A few posts ago, I’ve mentioned the Secret Santa I was playing along, with virtual friends that became real. The general idea was that the presents should be mostly handmade, and it must contai...
What’s you favorite thing about Christmas? Family together? The presents? Cookies? Turducken? For me the answer would have to be … the cherries! Yes, here in South America, December is ch...
Holiday season used to be a pain for me. If the traffic jams and shopping madness weren’t enough, there are this events you can’t run away from, like the infamous OFFICE PARTY: too much t...
I know I’m silly, but I spend the whole year looking at my Christmas cookie cutters: the gingerbread man, the reindeer, the tree, the snow flakes… well, all Santa’s GANG. And I sigh...
Yes, people, I was featured on a very important food/wine Brazilian magazine! It all happened because the columnist Marcelo Katsuki couldn’t find any Oreos around to buy, and they happen to be ...
When I started writing this post, I intended to talk about how easy this recipe is, how I love baking with pears, and how I decided to make these muffins in a lazy afternoon. But the truth is, while ...
Better late than never, here goes my entry, Bridget… Pumpkin! When this month’s theme was announced, I knew I had to make the most popular dessert in Brazil – doce de abóbora com co...
How curious: when I started this humble blog, I thought it would be a place where my costumers could see some photos of my work. Next, I was writing about my life and thoughts, both in Portuguese an...
In the dark of night, while everybody else was asleep… in the witch’s secret lab a very ghoulish ritual was taking place… A thousand human eyes were about to be thrown in a boiling ...
Global financial crisis and all, birthday party at school is a great solution to celebrate low budget – all the best friends are already there, you know the party will be short and there won...
So weird – It’s been already two years since I brought home that beautiful, tiny baby in my arms, with no clue how my life would be as a mom. It was like that, in a blink of an eye, that ...
Time here has been short – and so will be the story today: My hubby’s all times favorite dessert are in fact two: flan and dulce de leche. He likes flan and dulce de leche so badly, he f...
When you have kids, there are things you are not told. Like how to deal with the children vs restaurant situation, for example. My baby was so adorable when we were dining out, just sitting there, ch...
These cute yellow cupcakes were made with love, for a really special group of friends I received for a Taco Night. They will also help me talking about something really important. I could never imagi...
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always loved those beautiful cakes decorated with rolled fondant. They can be really masterpieces, with pretty sugar flowers and cute figurines (in the ri...
And it’s time for my favorite blog carnival, the one and only… This month, the theme was lemon/lime. And you know the old Brazilian saying: if life hands you limes, make some caipirinhas!...
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