The best part of writing a food recipe blog with someone is that you can sit and compare family recipes like this Beef Picadillo. Both of our moms were tremendous cooks but rarely used written recipes. Most of the meals came from...
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Cornbread and Ham Recipe
Cornbread is food for the soul and the cornerstone of Soul Food. Tex-Mex has made adding jalapeños, fresh corn kernels, and shredded cheese a popular accessory in the hearty bread. Cornbread in a skillet, or skillet bread, made with lard or bacon...
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HIBISCUS SANGRIA COCKTAIL – #CelebraSangria — GIVEAWAY
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The long Labor Day Weekend is upon us...
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CELEBRATE FREEDOM, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH A SPICY SANGRIA SPARKLER #CelebraSangria
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What an incredible week of news we've had in the...
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SPECIAL OFFER – Enter to Win One of Two Culinary Classes Taught in Spanish – #Giveaway
Cooking school changed my life. Lost, lonely, confused and living in my Ford Escape part-time, I went to an open-house at Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena and the rest is history. And let me tell you, the culinary classes were a lot...
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DEL REAL FOODS REVIEW & “PARTY IN A BOX” #GIVEAWAY
As foodies, we don't often find ourselves buying prepackaged meals. We enjoy the methodical process of discovering and following a recipe. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen every day. Work, family and client events creep up and next thing you know we are stuffing our faces...
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A Tale of Two Lobsters with LatinoFoodie #Giveaway #Spon
UPDATE: Contest is now closed.
We finally had our Julia Child moment as we prepared lobster two ways to celebrate Red Lobster's #BestLobsterFest happening now until April 13, 2014. The restaurant chain sent us four, live, one-and-a-half pound lobsters, allowing us to experiment with different...
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Introducing the Terra Flame by Princess House: GIVEAWAY
The holidays are the perfect time to indulge. For LatinoFoodie that means treating ourselves to new cookware and plenty of new kitchen gadgets. Our friends at Princess House have a stunning array of gourmet cookware that made us yearn for a bigger Christmas tree. We...
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Lomo Saltado Recipe + Chef Merito Giveaway
Don't you hate when you try a dish from a new cuisine and you always end up ordering the same one every time? That's me with Peruvian food. I was first introduced to Lomo Saltado, a classic Peruvian-style stir-fry of steak and...
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Tangy Three Bean Salad from Goya Foods + Tacolandia Ticket Giveaway (UPDATE: Contest Closed)
It has taken many years of behind-the-scenes work for Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA to plan and create the first-ever "Tacolandia" Sunday, June 23 at the Hollywood Palladium (the event is sold out)....
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