A Few of My Favorite Things...

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I have lost track of how many cook books I have, I stopped counting after 100. I am not ashamed to admit that my bed side table has cook books on it, they make for some great reading, but tend to leave me hungry before I fall asleep ;)





 Two of my most cherished recipes, my grandmother's recipe for Alcatra, we spent one morning together, at her house, in her kitchen, she made the Alcatra, and I took notes. The other recipe, belongs to my mom, it's for Orange Squares, it is one of my earliest memories of Christmas. I asked her for the recipe over the phone, the first Christmas I was married and living on the island already. Some how if I baked her squares, it would be like being home.


Diana :)

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  1. Graça MessiasMay 24, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    As receitas da tua avó e da tua mãe são pequenos tesouros que trazem recordações tão doces e que deixam grande saudade. Acho fantástico o carinho com que falas disso. :-)

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  2. IlídiaMay 24, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Concordo com a Graça, Diana! É imensa a ternura com que falas dessas pequenas coisas. Que são tão grandes. Receitas escritas pela minha avó não tenho. Tenho, no entanto, quadras, postais, notas escritas por ela. E, claro, as rendas e abafadores que ela me fez. Qualquer dia mostro no meu blogue. Um beijinho

    P.S. Estive a falar com as minhas colegas do Receitas ao Desafio, a Patrícia e a Rosa, e havemos de combinar um chá as quatro um dia destes (deixa só as aulas acabarem e o trabalho abrandar). O que te parece? Afinal somos vizinhas,"falamos" quase todos os dias e nunca nos encontrámos pessoalmente. Imperdoável, não? Um beijinho

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  3. azoresgalMay 25, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Obrigada prima Graça,obrigada Ilídia, eu acho que existe uma grande ligação entre comida, e familia, todo o ritual de sentar a mesa, partilhar um prato de comida, é algo sagrado para mim :)
    Ilídia adorava, combinar um chá, para nôs as quatro :) BJOS Diana

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