Clothing & Colors Coat abrigo Blouse blusa Boots botas Shirt camisa T-shirt camiseta Jacket (casual) chaqueta Tie corbata Skirt falda Pants pantalones Shorts pantalones cortos Suit jacket saco Hat sombrero Sweater suéter Suit traje Dress vestido Sneakers zapatos tenis amarillo/a anaranjado/a azul blanco/a (white) café gris morado/a; púrpura negro/a rojo/a rosado/a verde Some colors are either […]
October
19
Recipes From My Aunt Maria
posted by lasesana
My Aunt Maria My Aunt Maria (Marilú), was the fun aunt. She was always doing something interesting and crazy and was and is invariably the person who I went to when I had a problem. We still get together and cook once in a while, and inevitably I regress to the 8-year-old sitting on the […]
Aunt Marilú’s Chicken Cacciatore
posted by lasesana
Aunt Marilú’s Chicken Cacciatore (serves 8-10) Ingredients: 4 Chicken breasts 4 Chicken drumsticks 1 medium onion, small chop 5 Medium carrots, medium chop 7 Celery Stalks, medium chop 2 Beef bullion packs/ cubes 1 Tbs. vegetable oil Salt & Pepper to taste Preparation: Heat the oil in a large deep pot on medium-high heat. Brown […]
Aunt Marilú’s Unparalleled Portafoglios, aka Italian Chicken Cordon Bleu
posted by lasesana
Aunt Marilú’s Unparalleled Portafoglios, aka Italian Chicken Cordon Bleu (Serves 4-6) Ingredients 6 chicken or veal cutlets 6 slices of mozzarella cheese 6 slices of ham 2 eggs 4 Tbs. Parmesan cheese 1 cup breadcrumbs Salt 3 Tbs. butter 3 Tbs. Vegetable oil Wooden toothpicks Preparation: Place a cutlet on a board; making sure that […]
October
19
Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers
posted by lasesana
*** Whose Body? Author: Dorothy L. Sayers First Edition: 1923, T. Fisher Unwin Original language: English Summary: A man wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez is found dead in a bathtub; a rich businessman disappears. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, amateur sleuth and thus begins Sayers’ classic mystery. Through old-fashioned detective work and a little […]
October
19
5- Minute Spanish Class # 007: Greetings
posted by lasesana
Greetings: Coming & Going Click for a page with all greetings and pronunciation Coming: ¡Hola! Hi! Buenos días Good morning Buenas tardes Good afternoon Buenas noches Good evening (Good night) Mucho gusto Nice to meet you Es un placer It’s a pleasure (Nice to meet you) Encantado/a It is a pleasure to meet you […]
October
19
5- Minute Spanish Class # 006: Negation
posted by lasesana
Negation NO usually goes before the verb Juan es estudiante (Juan is a student) Juan no es estudiante (Juan is not a student) Mis padres son americanos (My parents are American) Mis padres no son americanos (My parents are not American) No is also DON’T/ DOESN’T Maria tiene coche (Maria owns a car) Maria no […]
October
18
5-Minute Spanish Class # 005: Plural forms of nouns
posted by lasesana
Plural Form of Nouns There are 6 basic rules to remember when changing a singular noun into the plural form: Ends in a vowel Add + s La Puerta + s = las puertasLa Casa + s = las casas El Hombre + s = los hombres El Libro + s =los libros Ends in […]
October
17
Recipes from my year in Rome
posted by lasesana
About 10 years ago I moved to Rome for a year. While there, I took a cooking lesson with a lovely young woman whose name I can’t for the life of me remember. She was fantastic, fun, and 8 months pregnant. She would pick me up in her Vespa and we would ride to the […]
Tiramisu’
posted by lasesana
Tiramisu’ (6-8 servings) Ingredients 220 g. (8 oz.) dry lady finger cookies or semi-stale sponge cake 1 c + 1-2 TB Italian-style coffee or strong filter coffee, sweetened with 1 TB. sugar, at room temperature 6 large egg yolks 6 TB sugar 1 pound + 5 oz cold mascarpone enough pure bitter cocoa to […]
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