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 onions (and sometimes bell peppers), a few years ago while at a food […]
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Apricot Almond Cake
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 in Spain. In this recipe, pure Madagascar Vanilla extract perfumes the cake with a delicate […]
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L.A. Street Food Fest `Summer Tasting’ Event Back at the Rose Bowl
It appears to be food tasting season here in Los Angeles. Art and I are going to be wearing our stretchy pants for the next few weeks that’s for sure! We have Tacolandia this Sunday at the Palladium, East LA Meets Napa next month at Union Station, and another one, the LA Street Food Fest, […]
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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). Presented by L.A. Weekly and curated by Esparza, more than 30 food vendors, some as even far away as Baja, Calif., […]
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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 the measurements I used to cut and stack the fruit and cheese. But, it is […]
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Ticket Giveaway to 2nd Annual Sunset & Dine: Celebrating Community, Cuisine and Cinema
Sunset & Dine and The Central Hollywood Coalition invite you to kick off the Oscars Outdoor summer movie screening program at Academy Hollywood (located at 6322 DeLongpre Ave. in Hollywood) the outdoor amphitheatre on the campus of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The second annual Sunset & Dine will take place June 13 […]
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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 these small, yellow, egg-shaped fruit. Before last spring, I had never seen one. […]
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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 to the teacher and get creative by baking this warm, spiced, sweet apple tart with a […]
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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 Ensalada de Nopalitos Fiery Shrimp with Avocado Chicken Tinga Slow Cooked Shreded Pork with Chile Verde And here are Cinco more recipes to round out […]
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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 appetizer, our green chile stuffed poblano peppers with a sweet nutmeg-spiced corn sauce […]
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