This is the home of my original blog, titled Cucina Nicolina. I started it in 2005 and it has since transitioned to a more modern, recipe-based food blog. Visit my current blog at cucinanicolina.com.
[Lavender-onion tart, August 2009.] Time was, summer was this perfect, ethereal thing marked by fog and trips to the coast and cursing at the July …
Our little sweet pea Elspeth Iris was born in San Francisco on August 18 and we’ve been happily navigating these sleep-deprived newborn days for the …
When I cook for our family of three — soon to be four! — I cook meals that I know (and hope) Sierra will like …
I’ve accepted my fate and have installed a WordPress updates app on my phone; my current reality is such that I don’t have much time …
I had meant to post this recipe last week but our Internet slowed to a crawl and that plus a toddler who refused to nap …
Yesterday was a cozy day; if there’d been any fog it might have reached perfection. I had a friend over for tea and browned butter-brown …
I do this thing where I buy a big bunch of bananas on my weekly trip to the grocery store and then spend the rest …
It’s a few days away from Mother’s Day and I’m mentally scanning if I mailed the cards in time, ordered the xxx for my mom, …
About a year and a half ago we took a short plane ride from Casablanca to Bordeaux to visit my husband’s cousins who were living …
Days come when all you want is a good, basic, real deal cake. No unrefined sugar, not too many substitutions or none at all. Lots …