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 ...
AlexxNov 10, 20184 minWhen Words Fall Short (Apple Pie)“And this, what does this mean? ‘Flipping,’ I thought I understood, but not in this sentence.” My neighbor Genevieve slid the English nov...
AlexxOct 15, 20186 minTrust Paris (Macarons)Paris. Is there any place in the world more dreamed of, more longed for, more romanticized? Hemingway claimed that if you’re lucky enough...
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 fa...
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...
