St. Patrick’s Day Green Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 4, 2011

Have you ever heard of Pandan? What a fantastic ingredient to learn about! Many people believe that Pandan is to Asia what Vanilla is to the Western world, (though with a completely different aroma and taste, of course.) Pandan is a herbaceous tropical plant that grows in Southeast Asia. It has a wonderfully unique fragrance and flavor…

Valentina's passion is food, and she loves spending time in her "kitchen retreat," as she refers to that room in her house. Valentina develops recipes for creative and comforting food that works perfectly for casual entertaining. Both her recipes and food photography have been featured many times on popular food websites and in print. Valentina shares her beautiful photographs as well as new and interesting recipes almost daily on her blog, Cooking on the Weekends.

Outside the worlds of food and photography, Valentina's other passion is her family (including her two young boys, her husband and her puppy, Maple.)

To learn more about Valentina and where her work has been featured, visit her About page at Cooking On The Weekends.