MY KITCHEN IN SPAIN

  A heap of fresh figs picked from two trees in my garden.  “You’d better dig up some fig recipes,” said Ben, as he dumped a basketful of fr...

I have guests coming for Sunday lunch. What to fix for dessert? (Dessert is always a  dilemma .) Poking around in the cupboard, I came acro...

If it’s coming up to midsummer, the festival of San Juan (June 24), it’s the season for brevas , early figs. Brevas are the first of two cr...

Chocolate-covered figs, a sweet treat for Valentine's Day. With Valentine’s Day coming up, everybody is writing about chocolate thi...

Hot gazpacho, a cooked version, served in a cazuela. You probably think gazpacho is “cool”, as in chilled. But this one is “hot,”...

Pan de higos --fig roll spiced with anise and sesame seed. How do you say “Bah, humbug!” in Spanish? By the Twelfth Day of Christmas, I’v...

Figs, plump, luscious and sweet, are one of the pleasures of summertime. My fig trees are pretty  insignificant—one is out of reach beyon...

Frosty and refreshing--prickly pear sorbet. Yesterday, on the steps of the local market, a kid was selling higos chumbos ,  prickly ...