SOPA DE FIDEO: MEXICAN COMFORT FOOD
Cultures all over the world have enjoyed a form of pasta for centuries, and while this humble noodle has roots in Moorish Spain, fideo is a staple in most Mexican pantries. In Spanish, fideo means noodle. This noodle is typically found in a bag of short dried pasta or in little nests of dried noodles, […]
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Klondike Goldust® Potato Soup, or Locro de Papa
This is a sponsored post for Klondike Brands but all opinions are my own. Along with menudo, pozole, tortilla and albondigas soup, Latin America is rich with hearty, soul warming soups and stews. With autumn almost here, we decided to grow our repertoire, which led me to this locro, or thick soup or stew. In […]
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CHOCOLATE FOR THE WIN: SNICKERS® CINNAMON APPLE EMPANADAS
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. With preseason underway, it’s time to suit up for a new season of football and tailgating. With football coursing through my husband’s veins, it’s important to have a game plan for entertaining and feeding hungry armchair quarterbacks. Lucky for […]
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Pasilla Meatloaf with El Yucateco Black Label Reserve Habanero Hot Sauce
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. With two cooks in our kitchen, it is usually a duel between sweet and spicy. While we both cook, I love to bake anything sweet. And my husband has a way higher tolerance for heat than my mild taste […]
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MACHACA CON HUEVOS – A FAVORITE MEXICAN BREAKFAST
Eating a Mexican breakfast is probably one of my favorite meals of the day. You can go with something sweet and simple like pan dulce or something spicy and savory like Machaca con Huevos. The latter dish is a mixture of dried shredded beef, eggs, onions, tomatoes and chile peppers. In Mexico, there are a […]
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QUESO FRESCO
Queso fresco, or “fresh cheese” in Spanish, is a soft Mexican cheese that is traditionally made with raw goats milk or a combination of goat and cow milk. Pasteurized versions of this cheese can be found in many markets throughout the country. The flavor profile of the cheese is milky with a slight salty-sour undertone. […]
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CACHAPITAS DE JOJOTO: CORN PANCAKES
Right now ears of sweet corn are in abundance at grocery stores and farmers markets. We wanted to do something different and stumbled upon this dish in our research during the World Cup as we were looking for South American recipes. Popular among Venezuelans and Colombians, cachapas de jojoto are slightly lumpy corn pancakes that […]
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DIP & DRIZZLE WITH WILTON CANDY MELTS
I know this is a Latin food blog, but for those of you who know me, know that I am a baker at heart. I was over the moon to join a group of bloggers for a Wilton Candy Melts Dip & Drizzle Party. Wilton has been around for 85 years to help bake and decorate cakes, […]
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CALIFORNIA FIGS FRANGIPANE TART
A flesh sweet like honey and raisins. Skin soft and velvety. It’s fig season and we couldn’t be happier. The varieties of California figs that roll across our tables from about mid-May through December each year include Brown Turkey, Black Mission, Calimyrna and Kadota. We recently tasted an assortment of figs at an afternoon soiree presented by California Figs. We […]
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POUR ME ANOTHER: EAST LA MEETS NAPA 2014
More than 1,500 Angelenos sipped free flowing wine from Latin-owned or operated wineries and sampled food from some of the area’s top Mexican restaurants at the annual East LA Meets Napa event benefiting AltaMed Health Services community clinics. The event takes place outdoors in the beautiful Union Station & Metropolitan Water District courtyards. We thoroughly enjoyed […]
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