Baking Powders

Are you a Baking Powders reader? are you wondering why I disappeared?
Due to health considerations, my intake of sweets has greatly diminished and my time has been spent making crochet items. I have decided to start a new series in my crochet blog:
Crocipes. Crochet patterns + recipes....

This is sort of a rant post. Why? Because I'm really sick of hearing about the newest diet that comes out every other year. The Atkins diet, the pineapple diet, the juice cleansing and the latest and most annoying, Paleolithic diet. I will say this right...

This post is certainly long long long overdue. But such is the life of a grad student. 
Over Christmas break I had the pleasure (not kissing ass here) to meet my boyfriend's family. I could try to find something to complain about regarding the trip, but it would be quite hard. It's difficult to remember a week so filled of cooking, eating...

Contrary to what a lot of people think, apple pie is almost exclusively an American thing. We don't make pies in Spain, I haven't seen them in Italy, England or France. One wonders how we survive at all.
So when I went home in October (I know, post long due), I made apple pie to bring to my aunt's. As a tradeoff, she made me the most delicious paella in the world. I won't accept any arguments with that....