AlexxDec 5, 20182 minHanukkah at Home (Kugel)The origin of this kugel recipe comes from a cookbook my family has had for so long, cooking from it is one of my earliest memories. Open...
AlexxNov 16, 20185 minLisbon is a Feast (Pasteis de Nata)The time? Summer, 2003. The place? New York City. The local wisdom that shakes me by the shoulders to this day? “Stop looking up, it’s a...
AlexxSep 10, 20183 minRosh Hashanah (Apple Cake)This time last year, I was discovering a little pocket of Israel just miles from my home in Charleston, SC. Upon learning that half my...
AlexxAug 6, 20184 minRunning Parallel to Falling in Love (Banana Bread)Week one in two words: solitude, scrambling. Most of my time has been spent learning, exploring, traversing--quietly and alone. Here, the...
AlexxJul 29, 20184 minIt's your second night in Provence (Clafoutis)So you bake Julia Child's clafoutis (because let's be real, on your first night you couldn't stop sleeping). Sometimes the best thing you...