Kitchen Corners

Three of my own kids plus two other kids (that are like nieces and nephew) plus my teenage nephew from Brazil who doesn't speak Eng...

On Wednesday I left work early and came home to Christian and the kids and pies in the oven and pies in the making. This was the first ye...

The question I get asked the most by my readers is, "how do I get my kid to not be picky?" Funny you should ask considering ...

I'm the kind of person that makes resolutions. Most of my resolutions revolve around people I love, and I just so happen to love a lot...

About 500 years ago I lived in a really small coastal town in the Northeast of Brazil with my husband and my two kids. On Saturdays we woul...

For the past two months we have been living out of our suitcases traveling Western USA and Eastern Brazil. Today, looking back at our two...

I know that the only people in the world who find food encrusted babies cute are parents. In particular parents of their own food encrusted...

6 years ago today on a beautiful Friday afternoon in Hawaii Christian and I were eating our wedding cake. A couple weeks later we were ba...

Today I am thankful for food. Really good food made at Christian's aunts house. Christian's 93 year old grandma woke up at 4:00am ...

My friend, Gail , did a wonderful photo shoot with my baby last week. This was my favorite picture. I used it to make Thank You cards for a...

On Monday night our friend Seth dropped by and asked if he could bring us a meal sometime this week. I said "yes" and requested hi...

On Thursday we welcomed our second child, Maria Aurea, into our family. I was lucky enough to give birth at a WONDERFUL birthing center. Th...

I'm feeling an urge to blog even though I don't have any new recipes to share with you. Sorry about that but (a)I'm having major...