Stephanie Martinez-Hill

This isn’t my first macaron rodeo. My husband and I made them as part of our wedding cake table, so a few years ago we were seasoned macaroneers. However, I hadn’t made them since and wanted to revisit the delicacy with a twist. When choosing a recipe I had 3 key criteria: It should make […]

For this week’s bake I chose a Spanish milhojas recipe, a pastry we often refer to in the French: millefeuiile, also known as a vanilla slice or custard slice. Millefeuille is French for 1000 layers, in reference to the many layers of puff pastry. The Spanish, milhojas, means the same. The Spanish word “hoja” and […]

I wanted to try an alternative to the famed French tarte au citron (lemon tart) and opted for a very appealing vibrant yellow passion fruit tart topped with meringue. The website for my source recipe is a little tricky to navigate, but helpfully they also posted a video showing how it is made. The sweet […]

This week I chose a Spanish “bizcocho de yogur”, a traditional yoghurt sponge cake. This one contains both lemon zest and lemon yoghurt, for an extra tangy boost. Its unassuming aesthetics hide a cake bursting with flavour. The recipe says it is ideal for breakfast or a snack. Cake for breakfast is never a bad […]

The Taming of the Choux Paris-Brest is a choux pastry dessert with a delicious praline flavoured filling, topped with flaked almonds. It was created in 1910 to commemorate the 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris cycle race. The race was organised to demonstrate the practicality of the bicycle, and the dessert’s circular shape represents a wheel. And Paris-Brest really […]

Galician pie is a traditional dish renowned throughout Galicia and the whole of Spain. It is enjoyed by natives, tourists and particularly by pilgrims arriving in Santiago de Compostela at the end of the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of Saint James. The pie can contain a variety of fillings including chicken, pork, tuna […]

Have your cake and eat it too I thought there was no better way to start the #ThatTranslatorCanCook challenge and my patisserie journey than to try an ‘intermediate’ recipe by renowned French pastry chef Christophe Felder. You basically make a large rectangular cake made up of different layers and cut it up into individual portions. […]

Next week I’ll be joining fellow culinary translators in the #ThatTranslatorCanCook challenge which involves translating and making recipes from a foreign language. To begin with, I’ll be focusing on a particular favourite of mine: sumptuous baked goods. The #ThatTranslatorCanCook challenge was initiated by Hannah Lawrence and combines two of my favourite things: cooking and translating. […]

A lot of research and effort goes into thinking like your target market, how they shop, what time of day they are likely to make a purchase…but what about how you communicate with them? Are you trying to increase your global reach and appeal to customers abroad? Being online is the best way to reach […]

Working with a translator can be a new development for a number of companies, but collaborating with a professional one can reap a whole host of benefits. Whether it is a marketing campaign to attract interest from abroad, your company’s website or research documents, if it’s worth doing at all, then it’s worth doing well. […]