Standing beef rib roast, Mama Ía blog

Standing Beef Rib Roast with Red Wine Jus, and Edinburgh, a fairytale city

Standing beef rib roast, Mama Ía blogWhat could be more appropriate than a roast recipe to accompany a post about the UK? Rosemary and thyme standing beef rib roast with red wine jus is the recipe and Edinburgh, Scotland, the destination!

In the last post, I covered a lot of what we did in London, but it got a bit long before I could even start to tell you about Edinburgh. And Edinburgh deserved the attention! That’s why I am keeping my word and sharing some photos and stories of this historic, fairytale city, the capital of Scotland. If you have visited it, you know what I’m talking about.

Edinburgh, Mama Ía blogEdinburgh, Mama Ía blogBut first, about this standing beef rib roast. Standing beef rib roast is not an inexpensive dish, I have to warn you. That is why I’m (more…)

Yule log, tronco de Navidad, Mama Ía blog

Yule Log, Tronco de Navidad, for Christmas —and a celebratory London trip

Yule log, tronco de Navidad, Mama Ía blogThanksgiving came late this year, so as I kept basting the turkey every thirty minutes, I was already thinking of recipes for Christmas. With the aroma of the bird roasting in the oven, football on TV as the background sound and the sight of two of my children relaxing on the sofa —a heavenly picture, given that they had not been home since the summer—, my mind kept going back to …yule log!

Portobello Market, Mama ía blog

Strolling through Portobello Market, Notting Hill

For many years, I bought our Christmas yule log at the bakery, and it was good. But last year I decided to tackle it myself. It looked like a huge task, but I faced it in chunks to make it seem easier. I took the cake recipe from one (more…)