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Picadillo-Stuffed Yuca Balls and a Cookbook
This post and recipe is a special treat. But a bittersweet one. See, in 2008, shortly after I started this blog I started working on my cookbook, appropriately working with the title 'Cooking Under Pressure.' I was on a focused mission to realize a dream, ...
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Why Braising Beef is Still En Trend…And Our Sacred Meat
On a Monday afternoon, I can’t help but relish in the amazing jaunts I enjoyed over the last 8 days in Spain, with a quasi planned overnight stay in Munich (my 1st time ever in Germany). I had a splendid full week of visiting family, friends (with new one...
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An Edible Mosaic… Exploring Cheese in Middle Eastern Fare
I'm deviating today from my standard charla on my cooking experiments, client work, and daily jaunts around DC and beyond to share with you some amazingness from a long-term blogger friend. You know when someone just tickles your fancy and you like them b...
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Dark Chocolate Bread Pudding at LivingSocial
(Sexy chocolate goodness via my iPad)
I'm not a baker. Nope. Sure am not. You'd think I love being a dry and liquid chemist as much as flan has become my weekly experiment. I love it, no doubt, but I'm not giving up my skillets for measuring cups and weight...
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#FlanFriday: Pisco Cherry
Something serious is happening over here in Casa Herrera. Happiness is in the air. I've landed 3 new major cooking gigs, I'm considering buying a motorcycle, I ran my first ever 1/2 marathon and got a beautiful Tiffany's necklace as the "medal," and I finall...
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Peruvian Causa de Tuna
"Summer breeze makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind." The hook of the Seals & Croft song came to mind as I was prepping to write this post. I'm not exactly why it popped up, I started sining along and felt at ease after a day of m...
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The Most Memorable Salad… Marshmallow & Fruit
I'm in a particularly happy place this week. The so-called spring fever has hit me hard and it seems that the smallest of beautiful makes me smile. And when I smile, life is really good. When life is really good, my mind is restless and I dive into a myriad...
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Peruvian Dishes in DC Are Reinvented at Las Canteras… Kind of.
One of the most fun things about moving back to DC has been discovering the food scene. It's a completely different gastronomic city from 7 years ago when I left for Atlanta. At the time I had an extraordinary social life, doing the most in DC. Adams Morg...
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Strawberry Shortcake with Sage & Lemon Whipped Cream
We interrupt the regularly scheduled flan to bring you something much simpler, almost as good, but just as pleasing to any palate. The strawberry shortcake. It's all American. It's pretty. It's super good. And it's appropriate for Mother's Day this Sunday....
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