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Cooking Recipes (10 posts found)
Pressure Cooking Thursdays Debut!
A few months ago, when I launched the new Spring look of the blog, I introduced a monthly event I wanted to host. Many of you know I swear by the pressure cooker and use it 80% of the time in preparing meals, Cuban or not.
Well, on a serious and focused missi...
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Do You Think I Need More Coffee?! & Giveaway!
(SLIM MINT)
Hello world. It's been a long summer and I'm back in full swing! Too much to fill you in but I'm so happy to be here again. I hope you're back, too!
Exciting news. I have an upcoming coffee installment on Flanboyant Eats. Lots of it! If you're ...
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A Classic Cuban House Chicken Sandwich (with POM!)
Oh my gosh my friends! I know I've been seriously MIA for the last two weeks, but if you knew all I've been doing, I think you'd wonder why I'm not taking a longer break! This 2 week absence was not planned.
I think sometime this year I was commenting on how I...
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Pomegranate Duck Breast & An Argument Over Risotto
Seldom do I have the opportunity to take a break from cooking, writing, media dinners and traveling. No, I'm not complaining, I'm just sayin'. I even get the most of random text messages asking me for tips on making certain dishes. Most recently, an acquainta...
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A Story About a Girl & Her Ganache Torte
There was a girl that was obsessed with losing weight. She didn't think the technological advancements made in Television afforded her the opportunity to look 10 pounds bigger than her already small frame.
So she sacrificed and stuck to a strict wannabe diet o...
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Chicken Croquetas. The Best Fried Anything!
* this post was originally published on Jan. 16, 2008, my 3rd post ever on this blog! But, I think it needs and deserves some serious love! And, since I'm a bit short on time to cook, photograph and write this week, I thought I'd share one of my all-time fav...
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Café Cubano. A Picture Worth a Million Bucks.
I'm sorry I've been MIA for the past 12 days or so. I'm becoming this kind of popular gal in town which is causing me to be rippin' and runnin' like a fool chasing the jerk that stole Louboutins off my foot!My sis was in town for a whole week during the ...
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Green Tea Ice Cream For Days!
There are three things I crave all the time: espresso. dark chocolate. green tea ice cream.
I got hip to the latter a few years ago when Häagen-Dazs introduced it to the American market. Little did I know it was only to be a seasonal flavor. Naturally, I stoc...
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Introducing the "KISS Bee" Martini!
Don't you want this right now! Stare at this martini long enough, and you will be making one before you go to bed tonight.One of the best things about the classic show "Cheers," was the theme song. You really don't think it will apply to your social life...
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SOFRITO & The Holy Trinity Of Cuban Cuisine
I recently engaged someone, another foodie, on the Holy Trinity of Cuban food. I said onion, garlic and cumin. They said onion, garlic and green pepper. I even underscored my argument by saying that J. Lo's executive chef, Don Rolando, agrees with my version...
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