Semitas in California (and Other Semita Matters)
I’ve been pursuing the semita trail for the last several years and a very interesting trail it is too. Breads called semita or cemita pop up all over Latin America…
Read moreFlavors and Smells: Why the Inconsistent Attitudes?
Here I am in a short term rental apartment in Argentina and I’m prompted to ask a question that has puzzled me for some time. The owner of this apartment…
Read moreThe Ensaimada Trail: Ensaimadas and Lardy Cake
In a thread on Dan Lepard’s great site on baking, Adam Balic raises possible connections between lardy cake and ensaimadas (en-larded things), in this case a type of sweet bread…
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