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#FlanFridays: Reflections and Culinary Inspiration & Cinnamon Creme Flan Recipe
November was a super tough month for my family. My Grandfather passed away.
I went to DC for Thanksgiving and spent two sick weeks there, being confined to my mother's dreamy bed and the hyperactive kitchen (on days I mustered energy to crawl out of bed). A...
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Flanboyant Eats’ Ultimate Foodie Last Minute Christmas Gift Guide 2011, Pt II
I unapologetically mentioned in my last post how classic of a procrastinator I am. I've always lived my life that way. I've also benefitted from it -- work gets done and done fast if I wait until the last minute.Such is the case yet again in offering m...
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Flanboyant Eats’ Christmas & Holiday Gift Guide 2011, Pt. 1
As things would go, here I am, just 5 days before Christmas struggling to find the perfect gift to wrap up for my familia and closest friends. Knowing they'd expect nothing short of a fabulous food find or fashionable accessory for the kitchen, I went on t...
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Essence Magazine and Fabulous Fur Toppers!
There are those phone calls and emails I loathe receiving. It's either a client that can't afford my services but earnestly wants to work me down, or a last minute writing assignment in which case I have to drop everything I'm doing and make my deadlin...
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#FlanFridays: Bruja Oregano?
(May, 2020 update: After propagating this lovely plant for over a decade, I FINALLY learned a lot about it. In fact, it is not oregano as we know in the culinary world. It's actually in the mint family -- which explains so much -- and is actually called, ...
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Green & Orange & Turbans
Some things just happen naturally when getting dressed. Other ensembles and looks need inspiration. It's seldom the case that I call on someone else to help put an outfit together. But when it's an exclusive look for a online or print feature, I ...
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Macy’s Culinary Council Holiday Cookbook & A Honeycrisp Apple Spiced Rum Libation
If you know me, you know fall and winter are my favorite times of the year. There's nothing like the crisp air that causes me to clutch the hand a loved one (preferably a sexy man clad in Chuck Taylor's and a chunky knit hat), falling leaves, candle lit even...
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Interview with Bren Herrera after named "Top 20 Favorite Food Bloggers." Dec. 2011. Link.
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Protect Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self…. BedSider Brings Sexy To Protection
I remember watching an episode of Rachel Zoe where she was debating getting pregnant. Blogs and tabloids rumored she didn't want to get pregnant because of fear of losing her "shape." I was stunned...shape??? That’s a whole other story chicas, as you can ...
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Brandy Glazed Poached Bosc Pears w/Ginger Recipe
Visiting home reminds me of how fun cooking really is! There's always a surprise, a new concoction, a new cooking method mami and I debate over, a new ingredient papi came across and starts using in everything and of course the treat of eating our classica...
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