(Chicago) – I still remember my Lola (“grandmother”) gathering the stale pan de sal from the previous days’ breakfast. She brought out the llaneras (oval metal baking pans) to be used as mold for her impromptu bread pudding. I never actually saw how she made it, not even the ingredients she used. I was too young to meddle in her affairs in the kitchen but I remember I was in the living room, basking in the fragrance coming out of the oven and awaiting a warm slice of bread pudding. This recipe is not a remake of my Lola’s recipe. There is no way I could unearth the exact mixture;…
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Café Intermezzo
(Atlanta) – This place was my second home in Atlanta when I was still living there a few years ago. I have been numerous times to this café for afternoon coffee, Sunday tea, brunch, lunch, dinner, pre-party cocktails, late night drink and night cap; so many times I couldn’t count anymore. My friend Cha introduced me to Café Intermezzo almost 8 years ago and it became a part of my culinary indulgence ever since. This café is a European coffeehouse with a Vienna-inspired ambiance. It has more than a hundred different kinds of tortes, tarts, cakes, pies and cheescakes; over a hundred alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; and wide array of…
