5 years ago
Food (10 posts found)
Dinner is Served: Gender from a Chef’s Perspective
I've worked here and there with Women Online for the past 7 or so years writing about the really important issues that matter to me and are making the media round. Most times it's been an assignment to publish here on my site. Recently they reached out via Gen...
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Ginger and Chile Mango Lassi with Coconut
(this post was originally published in March, 2015. I've not made any edits to the story. Kind of fun to read how my thoughts change)This week kicked my butt... from every angle. I will not give its wrath any more energy by indulging you (or me) in its f...
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Higado a la Italiana, or Liver a la Italiano
(This post is sponsored by Rumba Meats and in conjunction with #WeAllGrow Latina Network. Recipes, opinions, and thoughts are my own.)
I grew up eating just about every cut of meat in our very Cuban home. Since we didn’t eat pork or shellfish, everything e...
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Rabo Encendido or Braised Peppered Oxtail, a lo Cubano for Mother’s Day
One of the most rewarding benefits of cooking, especially on camera, is having my Mother with me in the kitchen. Let me tell you what... there's nothing like experiencing the reversal of roles with a hardcore Cuban mother whose life mission and purpose has...
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30-Minute 3-Bean Tarragon & Truffle Chili for the Holidays on FOX 5 Good Day D.C.
A gourmet chili in 30 minutes? Yes, please! Especially because these 15° temperatures in the D.C.-area are straight crazy but the perfect excuse to stay in and make really good soups.I closed out the year cooking some of my favorite soup recipes from ...
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Bren Takes the Pressure off Holiday Cooking on Great Day Washington
My friends at Great Day Washington, (CBS) invited me back to do a fun and lively cooking segment featuring holiday recipes from my cookbook, "Modern Pressure Cooking" and using both my stovetop and electric pressure cookers. They said I'd be doing Cuban c...
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The Perfect Salted Almond Chocolate Espresso Pie
I swear to life that all things that are good for our soul comes in the form of slabs of butter, eggs, coffee, chocolate, and sugar. I want to believe the five food groups are adequately covered in these lone ingredients. I eat them on their own (there was a t...
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Blood Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce
Thanksgiving is supposed to be all about acknowledging what we're grateful for. We give thanks for our families, our health, our jobs, our friends, our pets, our opportunities presented and whatever else comes to mind. Oh, and of course we're giving all prai...
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10 Easy Hacks to Make Your Thanksgiving Smooth Like Butter
Thanksgiving is just 7 days away and your panic mode is in full effect. I get it. So is my Mother's. She calls me about three times a day to go over the menu, remind of my obligations and contributions and also manages to throw in there how much she wishes...
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Why the REINS and RAA Acts Jeopardize Keeping Kids Safe and Healthy
Here's a little fun fact about me: I interned once for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I can't remember with certainty what legislation I was specifically assigned to eyeball, but I recall vividly my office and the piles and piles of paperwork I...
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