This has been the most crazy and interesting beginning of a new year ever.  The month isn’t even over with and I have been through an emotional hell and back with a stop somewhere between heaven and earth too.  You could say I am exhausted. …

As my cookbook collection continues to grow, I find myself going back to the very same one time after time. Frida’s Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo, gifted to me quite a few Christmases ago, is my go-to culinary connection to a culture…