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Food (10 posts found)
#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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Un Toro Azul en Cinco de Mayo {A Blue Bull on May 5th}
Cinco de Mayo, the most celebrated unMexican holiday in the US is in full effect. While most of you have been enjoying the generous amount of tastings, swigs, and fiestas, I've been traveling and tasting my way through Richmond, VA. I wanted to share someth...
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Whiskey Smash, Bourbon Vanialla Ice Cream, & The Kentucky Derby
(image c/o Donna from Cookistry)
I should in Kentucky right now, rocking my baddest hat. Really. The famed Kentucky Derby is this tomorrow and I'm not going to be there. After watching an intense race last year, which happened as a result of my mother's recen...
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World’s Top 50 Restaurants. Spain Reigns and Peru Impresses.
(Virgilio's quinoa and seed sampling during Master Chef classes in Melbourne, Australia; via my iPhone)
The World's Top 50 Restaurants was announced on Monday and I'm particularly thrilled. Spain dominates. Just the more reason I must go back pronto and ind...
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The Life of Espresso via Instagram
Some luscious espresso shots via my Instagram. Clockwise: Capp in DC; Cuban shot at home; Capp in Melbourne; Triple shot in Sydney; Double in Yarra Valley; Shot in Melbourne.)
I've not been around in two weeks only due to more travel... My hands and my cu...
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Sopa China… Asian Soup For the Real Soul
This is no top selling book cliché. Seriously. This soup will quickly become a "recipe" plastered all of your fridge until you figure it out, much like my dad did.And so it goes... my father used to travel a lot for work as a field journalist. Sometime...
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