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