This perfect summer eggplant and tomato casserole is a cousin of the French ratatouille. Anchovies provide a special touch. It can be served hot, warm or cold, as an appetizer or as a side dish. It also makes the perfect filling for a vegetable tart. This coarse puree is also superb if spread on rustic bread. The simpler the better! Here is my recipe, I hope you enjoy it!

Since I discovered how tasty and amaizng grilled food is, I will find any excuse to grill fish, meat poultry, vegetables, and even fruits in my house. Today's recipe is grilled salmon with a crust made of island spices and thyme. A fish rich in omega-3, salmon is good to lower cholesterol and triglycerides. And as a bonus, this recipe is diet friendly!

The classic key lime pie as we know it in Florida, doesn't come with cream or meringue, or almonds or anything other than eggs, condensed milk and juice and zest of the limes produced in the sunny South Florida Keys. But as in the kitchen we own what we prepare, this time I decorated my pie with whipped cream, chopped almonds and slices of lime.

May is the month of flowers. So I thought I'd share with you this cookie recipe whose ingredients include dried lavender flowers! No need to tell you how delicate they are. They are also perfect as a last minute present now that Mother's Day is here: give them to your mom and abuelita, your friends and even your children's teachers, and I promise everybody will adore you!

No need to say I love mojitos. If there is a cocktail Olympus, I have no doubt mojitos have a place there (alongside the Martini, the Manhattan, and the sexy Cosmopolitan). My favorite mojito is the classic one: mint leaves muddled with sugar and lime juice that you shake with white rum and abundant crushed ice, strain in a tall glass with ice, top off with club soda and garnish with a mint sprig.