Brenda Farrell | Luxury & Lifestyle Travel

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It’s that time of year again.  As a child in Britain, I always looked forward to “Harvest Festival” as we would call Thanksgiving.  Each child would take one food item – either directly from or made with food from the land – to school for later donation to a local [...]

It’s Sunday and I thought I would share another recipe from my travels. My friend Isabel, a busy and successful Architect in Madeira, Portugal, made a delicious dessert for our farewell dinner in August.  She called it Chocolate Brownie.  You might call it Molten Chocolate Cake.  I call it scrumptious.  [...]

While waiting to board a flight at Funchal Airport in Madeira, I browsed the Take It magazine that highlights Duty Free and other Airport retail specials.  Besides learning tidbits about the island and its traditions and culture, I also spied this Madeira recipe and thought you might like to try [...]

When I decided to post this recipe, I paused to consider a title. After all, the main ingredient is known as Aubergine in most of Europe and Eggplant in North America.  As well, many different cultures have their own versions of Aubergine salad.  I’m European, in Europe at the moment, [...]