Here’s the story behind the design process of the Fontañinas product image—delicious handmade almond cookies born in the spring of 2025 at A Punto de Nieve bakery in La Pola de Gordón (León).
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Fontañinas de A Punto de Nieve
Te cuento el proceso de diseño de la imagen de producto de las Fontañinas, las deliciosas pastas artesanales de almendra nacidas en la primavera de 2025 en la pastelería A Punto de Nieve en La Pola de Gordón (León)
Three Kings Day, 2024
Today marks the end of Spanish holidays for this season: Epiphany Day or Three Kings’ Day. The traditional food for this day is a confection called “Roscón de Reyes.” It’s a large, sweet brioche-style donut. The fruta escarchada on top resembles the jewels on a crown. I’ve recently learned that the green pieces are pumpkin!…
Getting ready for All Saints Day (November 1st)
With Halloween approaching in the US, here in Spain we’re getting ready for All Saints’ Day—a time for flowers, not candy, as we honor loved ones at the cemetery. Here’s a glimpse from my walk today, with some of the beautiful blooms I picked up🌞🍂💐 Happy Halloween to those celebrating!
And the holidays end today with Roscón de Reyes
I made a roscón de reyes, filled with coffee buttercream. And matching donuts 😊 Feliz Día de Reyes!
New year, lots of snow!
This is a video of my tiny village today! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Barrios De Gordón Projuro (@losbarriosprojuro) Recorded by my friend Miguel 🤩
Turrón de chocolate recipe
Here’s an easy Spanish holiday recipe: you only need chocolate (250 g), chocolate rice puffs (30 g), vanilla (a tablespoon) and butter (35 g). Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave (450w, 30 second intervals). My chocolate is Nestle’s milk chocolate. Add the vanilla and mix them together: Add 30 g rice puffs (mine…
Feliz Día de Todos los Santos
This year I went rogue with my desserts… Today you are supossed to have huesos de santo or panellets or buñuelos; but I really felt like baking a cake. This image below was taken in Barcelona and shows a fall showcase in a bakery. As I said I wanted a cake. It’s a simple yellow…
Magdalenas (spanish muffins) recipe (five ways)
Meet our hero today: magdalena. A magdalena is a cupcake, without frosting. Or a muffin if you prefer. But it is not made with butter, but oil. The classical shape of a magdalena is a mountain, which is called “copete”. We will be making five different versions with our magdalena recipe: classic magdalenas, magdalena in…
Gazpacho video-recipe (Spanish cold vegetable soup)
It’s summertime and it means it’s gazpacho season! Follow my video and make some, you will be immediately taken to Spain! A couple years ago I made an illustrated version of this recipe. It’s available both in English and Spanish. Society6: English – illustrated recipe of gazpacho art print. Framed art print. Canvas print. Spanish – illustrated…
Summary of the lockdown (Part 1)
I should have written this entry long ago… but better late than never. The spanish lockdown started on march 15, 2020 (let’s write the year down for the future…). And since then we’ve been self-quarentining, working from home, social distancing and trying to make the most out of our time. Luckily, I am able to…
Illustrated recipe: spanish gazpacho
I’ve just added to my society6 shop the illustrated recipe of our gazpacho. Gazpacho is a cold soup that is very typical in Spain, specially in the south, where summers are very hot. It’s a smooth mix of tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, onion and bread, seasoned with olive oil, salt and vinegar. It’s refreshing and reminds me…