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Add a Spanish Twist to Your Thanksgiving Menu with these Spanish Thanksgiving Recipes

Hunting down the all-American ingredients to my family’s traditional Thanksgiving recipes is all but impossible in Spain. Karo syrup? French fried onions? Pecans? Some ingredients don’t even have translations in Spanish! Spanish Thanksgiving recipes to the rescue…

5 Things I’m Loving in the US

Lauren Aloise

Before visiting the US I always make a quick list of what I want to do and, more importantly, what I want to eat. Some of the choices (like clam chowder and bagels) are predictable and respectably deserving of anyone’s “need to eat while home” list. Other things (such...

My Top 7 Summer Picks in Boston

Lauren Aloise

As summer quickly approaches it seems like most of my expat friends are busy making plans for their summer trips back to the US. I normally visit the US in summer too– but this year I’ll be spending all summer here in Spain, and hopefully visiting my stateside friends...

Best Ever Banana Bread Pudding

Lauren Aloise

Banana Bread Pudding: A Quick Homemade Dessert Anyone Can Make! Source I credit my wonderful mother for countless good things in my life, but I blame her for my terrible sweet tooth. Growing up with her delicious cakes, cookies, and pies there was no way to avoid loving buttery...

Explaining American Cuisine

Lauren Aloise

Expats often have the fun task of explaining very complicated things about their home country to people with very little knowledge (and often a lot of prejudice) about the subject. This is an article I’ve written for my new website, Recetas Americanas, a site where I try my best...

Home Sweet Home for the Holidays

Lauren Aloise

Sometimes a week is all you need. Just a small dose of family, friends, and food to cure any homesickness that was laying dormant, waiting to show its ugly head. I guarantee that on the 27th I’ll be sick of Christmas cookies, shopping malls, and twenty degree (F°) weather....