The combination of apricots and vanilla will always remind me of the warm, poached apricots and saffron dessert recipe I got from a publication on Ferran Adria of elBulli -- yeah, that Ferran, you know the Godfather of gastronomic cuisine...
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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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No Need to Puzzle Over This Rubik’s Cube Salad
By popular demand, here it is! The Rubik's Cube Salad I posted on Facebook a few days ago. Now, I fussed over whether to write a post because this little salad does not really have a "recipe" with measurements, other than...
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LOQUAT UPSIDE DOWN CAKE RECIPE — So Moist and Sweet
What do you do with your loquats? Have you ever seen the fruit?
If you live in Southern California, you merely need to look out of your kitchen window to know that loquat season is here. Loquat? Yup folks, we live among...
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Show Your Teacher Appreciation With This Baked Spiced Mango-Apple Pastry
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Educators have done much for us and continue to do much for the children of our communities. Take a moment and say thanks to one or all of the teachers in your life. This year, skip giving an apple...
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Cinco Recipes for Cinco de Mayo
Happy Cinco de Mayo from our kitchen to yours! Here are CINCO recipes to make your fiesta memorably delicious.
Click on the photos below to get the recipe.
Carne Asada
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Not Your Traditional Pan de Elote, This Sweet Corn Bundt Cake Delights
Pan de elote can be good, but corn pound cake can be divine. We recently had a small dinner party where corn was the focal point of our menu. With a traditional Elote en Vaso, or Corn in a Cup, as an...
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Jalapeño Deviled Eggs
Here's my Easter story: When I was about seven-years-old my mom thought it'd be a smart idea to hide the Easter eggs in the backyard before the family trotted off to church. All throughout mass I fidgeted, anxious to get...
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Springtime Lamb Burgers with Rajas and Grilled Onions
Last week a reporter from TheBigTino, a new online news magazine covering Latino food, entertainment and arts, asked if he could come to our house to interview us for an upcoming feature story. We're media whores so of course we...
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Artichoke Risotto
Artichokes are here! Well, these green globes are available year round but they are at their peak during Spring and Fall. We received a half dozen Globe Artichokes from...
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