happy holidays!

May your holiday be full of love, happiness, and creativity! My grandma sent me a new red sketchbook for Christmas, and I can't wait to start filling it up. 

Have a harika holiday!

feliz natal!

May you all be happy among your loved ones, and your bellies full of goodness! I have thoroughly enjoyed my first Portuguese Christmas, and will go to bed feeling very grateful and lucky.



From the first fluffy sonhos to the bacalhau bathed in olive oil, from the octopus to the mousse, dinner on Christmas Eve was fabulous. Then came the equally fabulous lunch on Christmas Day:



Yes, I feel lucky. Lucky to have such wonderful, loving people in my life.
Harika holidays everyone!

feliz natal!

Pedro tells me that a Christmas without bacalhau in Portugal, is not Christmas. I had never heard of bacalhau until we met, when he explained that the Portuguese love salted cod so much that there are entire songs dedicated to it! Now this smelly yet deliciously versatile fish has become a part of my life.

So to my friends who celebrate Christmas, here's your bacalhau. Happy, happy Christmas!
May your holiday be full of light and love.