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 of hard work. Still, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Now, you, […]
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Updated 2/24/15 — CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER: Connie Kmiec from Wisconsin!! We’ll be sending you a basket of Herdez Brand salsas this week! ENJOY!!! Everything happened so fast and for not being a “morning person” waking up at the crack of dawn to be on television for a cooking segment felt so chaotic and weird. […]
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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 with unhealthy, flavorless fast food. So when Del Real Foods approached […]
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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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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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I am more than a cook and foodie. For those of you who don’t know, thanks to my mom, I am a book geek. I worked/lived in bookstores for 7 years, 1 month and 13 days. I love books so much that I set up a lending library in our home here in Alhambra. I […]
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