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Food (10 posts found)
Latin & Fusion Super Bowl Food: Lemon Pepper Wings w/Mango Habanero, Sage Chili, Yuca Fries & Sour Cream & Ginger Pound Cake Recipes
American Football...the Super Bowl to be precise, is the 2nd largest eating day in the US. Really, it is.
On Sunday, millions, worldwide, will be congregating in pep rally fashion (high school style) to support their team -- or not -- while talking smack, c...
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Healthy Eating: Vaca Frita con Salsa Verde (Tomatillo) & Brown Rice Recipe
How many of you have resolved to eating healthier this year? If not healthier per se, what about eliminating certain foods from your diet? I stay far, far away from such commitments, because ultimately, I know that I'm not that good at avoiding things I love...
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The Onion: An Every Day Simple Cuban Steak Dinner Recipe {or Bistec Encebollado}
Admittedly, Cubans don't have the best diet. Mucho aciete, fried this and that, lots of carbs, very little green vegetables and lots of sugar! Yes! All the fabulous stuff that make us happy. Our cuisine at its core is amazing, full of robust flavors, seasoni...
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Starting the New Year, Stress-free. Chamomile Sipping At Night.
A belated "happy new year!" to you and yours! It's been a week since 2012 began and I finally bring myself to say hello!
Hello, world.
In my last post of 2011, I spent a significant amount of timing reflecting on what I had not accomplished and found inspi...
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#FlanFridays: Reflections and Culinary Inspiration & Cinnamon Creme Flan Recipe
November was a super tough month for my family. My Grandfather passed away.
I went to DC for Thanksgiving and spent two sick weeks there, being confined to my mother's dreamy bed and the hyperactive kitchen (on days I mustered energy to crawl out of bed). A...
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Flanboyant Eats’ Christmas & Holiday Gift Guide 2011, Pt. 1
As things would go, here I am, just 5 days before Christmas struggling to find the perfect gift to wrap up for my familia and closest friends. Knowing they'd expect nothing short of a fabulous food find or fashionable accessory for the kitchen, I went on t...
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#FlanFridays: Bruja Oregano?
(May, 2020 update: After propagating this lovely plant for over a decade, I FINALLY learned a lot about it. In fact, it is not oregano as we know in the culinary world. It's actually in the mint family -- which explains so much -- and is actually called, ...
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Macy’s Culinary Council Holiday Cookbook & A Honeycrisp Apple Spiced Rum Libation
If you know me, you know fall and winter are my favorite times of the year. There's nothing like the crisp air that causes me to clutch the hand a loved one (preferably a sexy man clad in Chuck Taylor's and a chunky knit hat), falling leaves, candle lit even...
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Brandy Glazed Poached Bosc Pears w/Ginger Recipe
Visiting home reminds me of how fun cooking really is! There's always a surprise, a new concoction, a new cooking method mami and I debate over, a new ingredient papi came across and starts using in everything and of course the treat of eating our classica...
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#FlanFridays: Goat Cheese w/Brandy Reduction Sauce. A Beautiful Surprise!
I woke up this morning, anxious to get back to Atlanta. I've been in DC for over one week and while I've been enjoying everything that comes with being with Mami and Papi (like eating my favorite food, lunch with papi in the city, sunny skies, sleeping in, c...
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