by Elena Rego on November 3, 2011
in Books

I’ve been pretty scarce from this little blog of mine. I’ve missed the rhythm of planning meals, photographing them and posting them here. I must say, however, that my life has still been completely immersed in food, which I’m grateful for. The last few weeks have been totally dominated by getting this book completely photographed and sent into the publisher for an August 2012 release.…

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