Our tempranillo is in full flower. Flowering lasts about two weeks overall since it is staggered across the vineyard, with individual plants flowering earlier or later. The biggest concern during flowering is rain: a hard rain will knock the flowers off the plant before the fruit has a chance to set, which can devastate the [...]

A friend of mine needs to make an egg-free pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, as her daughter is allergic to eggs. I love a cooking challenge, so I volunteered to come up with a recipe. This cornstarch pudding has all the richness of a classic pumpkin pie, but it is egg free and lower fat than [...]

I’m the only female in our household, other than various assorted pets. I don’t normally have a lot of girly girl energy, yet when I recently celebrated my birthday, I wanted a pink cake. I’ve been thinking about this cake for months, but my boys weren’t interested. They want chocolate, or maybe spearmint (green, of [...]

I recently bought a fully automatic ice cream maker, and I am really having a lot of fun with it. I’m mostly using recipes from David Lebovitz’s The Perfect Scoop, but yesterday I branched out. We’re still in late spring here, so we don’t have a huge variety of fruit yet. Gorgeous strawberries, kiwis, the [...]

In our small town in Chile, most people still shop the old-fashioned way. We buy produce at the produce market, meat at the butcher, bread at the bakery, and fish at the fishmonger. We do have modern supermarkets, and I really appreciate the Jumbo up in Los Andes (Italian pasta! Cheddar cheese! Arborio, Thai, and [...]

We are very pleased to announce that Flaherty is now available for sale through La Vinoteca in Santiago. Their retail outlet, called Wain, is located at Avda. Nueva Costanera 3955, Vitacura. They are featuring both the 2006 and 2007. Note that our stock is running low on the 2006, so this is a good chance to pick [...]

This sounds elaborate, but it’s actually very quick—an easy, tasty preparation for fish fillets.The tamarind gives the curry a sweet-and-sour character that is nicely complemented by the heat of the curry paste. I used reineta (pomfret), but any thin white fish filets would work (such as flounder or red snapper). For the mango salsa, use a [...]