Tag: blogging

• A Rhubarb and Walnut Frangipane Galette

  I think I may have jumped the gun a bit this year. It’s not even April and here I am with a recipe for rhubarb. It’s just that the stalks were so bright and pink and colorful in the store, I couldn’t ignore them. I really couldn’t. Anyway, I’m not too mad about it. And […]

  Chaya

  March 28, 2019

  Delectables

  baking, blogging, butter, delicious, dessert, food, food photography, frangipane, french, galette, march, photography, rhubarb, spring, writing

• Blood Orange, Cacao Nib and Einkorn Scones

  I have always loved the blend of oranges and chocolate; oranges are a sweet and lightly perfumed companion to classy dark chocolate and together, they are an elegant combination of flavors. Here, I decided to use a seasonal variation of that combination- blood oranges and cacao nibs- and put them in my favorite flaky scone […]

  Chaya

  January 24, 2018

  Delectables

  baking, blogging, blood orange, breakfast, brunch, butter, buttermilk, cacao nibs, chocolate, citrus, january, scones, seasonal

• Candied Grapefruit Shortbread

  Lately, I feel I have gotten too complacent in the kitchen. I am too used to old routines, too comfortable. It’s time to shake things up. To do something I am unused to. I want something of a challenge, so I decide to make something I usually stay from: cookies. Cookies bother me because they […]

  Chaya

  December 19, 2017

  Uncategorized

  baking, blogging, butter, chanukah, christmas, citrus, cookies, december, delicious, food, food blog, grapefruit, holiday, photography, seasonal, wordpress, writing

• 2 Year Anniversary

  Two years ago, on May 7th, I began Retrolillies. I wanted to create a place where I could indulge in food, fashion and photography, but I never imagined that I would actually have and maintain a blog for two years! Since then, I’ve learned a lot (like, for example, that flash-illuminated pictures are really unflattering) […]

  Chaya

  May 7, 2014

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  anniversary, birthday, blogging, favorites, may, photography, seasonal