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La Cocina Cubana (10 posts found)
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#FlanFriday: It’s a Pear and Brandy Creme Kind of Thing
#FlanFriday. You thought it was a thing of the past, didn't you? It was, truthfully. I love me some decadent desserts, flan topping the list, but even I got a bit "bored" with developing a new custard recipe each week. But, it's been a good year since I've...
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- Cuba
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- Cuba
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A Story About Cuban Food
I was at the Cuban Interest Office in Washington, just a few miles from where I live, speaking through a locked iron fence, asking the familiar guard the status of my Cuban passport. I applied for it 3 months prior and should have received it 6 weeks earli...
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- Breakfast
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- Food
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- Fusion
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- La Cocina Cubana
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- Meat
Pan Con Bistec with Garlic Hummus & That Sexy Runny Egg {Egg & Steak Sandwich)
There are some days where the client cooking demands are too high ----always a welcomed glory --- that I simply don't have much energy or interest in pulling from my most creative space to make something super extraordinary. And honestly, I've got a huge proje...
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#SinTraddución: Baked Peaches & Cream Oatmeal with Rum & Coconut
Food dominates the spirit in our casa. It's the purpose for our gatherings. The smallest of occasion is good enough reason to break out the casuelas and fix something memorable for the guests. Even if guests are family members, the energy and love driving th...
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#FlanFriday: Orange Marmalade & Ginger Flan
It's baaaaaaaaaack! Not sure for how long #FLANFRIDAY will make a cameo, but for now, let us all pause and have a moment of "yay!" for this over-the-top perfect flan. No better way to bring something back than with flavors, textures and aromas that leave y...
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- La Cocina Cubana
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- Meat
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- Savory
Cuban-Style DIY Beef Jerky or Carne Seca Estilo Cubano
This is not Cuban. Far from it. From everything I know about my Cuban food, beef jerky is the furthest thing from delectable food. It's unheard of. We know nothing of the like. But, we are huge carnivores. Since Cuba is a pretty great representation of vi...
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#FlanFriday: Calming Chamomile & Star Anise
'Tis that time when I must go to my roots and share with you know what I know so well. The Flan. The almighty crème caramel purposed with tantalizing you and eliciting feelings of edible seduction. It’s been revered as the IT dessert… or at least was being p...
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A Fabulously Friendly #FlanFriday: 9 Amazing Flans to Make This Christmas!
What a Thanksgiving that was! I ate more food than I could stand, but I felt I needed to compensate for the amazing food I missed eating in Europe during the 3 past weeks. Getting sick with a stomach virus is the last thing I’d wish on anyone travelling fo...
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#FlanFridays: Roasted Hazelnut Kahlúa Flan
I'm so disloyal sometimes. So incredibly dismissive and unaffectionate. To flan that is, folks. Just to the flan. I struggle with the lack of I love I extend to the very thing that's helped me come this far. A single dessert concept. A decadent pie, fully...
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- Poultry
Pan Fried Chicken {Fríe Me Un Pedazo de Pollo, Mami}
Don't freak out. This is not a proper post. It's just not. This wasn't planned at all. Not even thought about. So there are no pretty, luscious, and drool-worthy pictures. But Dinner just happened about 40 minutes ago and something about this pollo tonight...
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