Events & Travel

Travels in Spain and beyond, Family and Life Events

Dried Cherry and Candied Pecan Cheese Torta —for a High School graduation

Matthew graduation 2015, Mama Ía blog

This is a celebratory post, Matthew’s high school graduation, and as such, it calls for a celebratory (and party appropriate!) recipe: dried cherry and candied pecan cheese torta.

But let’s begin at the beginning.

It took me a few months to (more…)

Shrimp fideuá, mama ía blog

Fideuá in Washington DC

I thought by the time I wrote my first post on this blog, all the tabs in the navigation bar would be filled with information. But that hasn’t happened (yet), and I just couldn’t wait! I’ve been writing and collecting family recipes for years—of course also preparing them!—, and the many notebooks and binders where they now sit were starting to burst at the seams. (more…)