PREGNANT PAUSES AND PAPPARDELLE WITH PORK RAGU

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Apr 182013
 
PREGNANT PAUSES AND PAPPARDELLE WITH PORK RAGU

You may have noticed that the frequency of my posts has waned a bit lately. There are a few reasons for this… one, is I am very pregnant and I underestimated the amount of brain energy that creating a whole new human being would consume. I can’t speak for anyone else, but at age 41, this procreating thing has put me into an existential tail spin and also made me a little tired. I probably could have written posts about just anything to satisfy the crowd that believes “YOU HAVE TO POST WEEKLY, AT LEAST!!!” or it is blog suicide. I would love to post weekly and perhaps I will [Read More...]

CHICKEN SKIN – The Unsung Hero

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Feb 212013
 
CHICKEN SKIN - The Unsung Hero

10 years ago, cracklins of any sort were relegated to the deep South, including Central and South America and referred specifically to pork skins. I have been crunching on crispy pig skin and belly since I was born. This is one of many reasons I am grateful for being from Colombia. Third world countries were truly ahead of the gourmet curve. We have been eating skin, ears, sweet breads, blood sausage and liver for years. Necessity inspires creativity like nothing else. 10 Points: WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF FRIED OR ROASTED CHICKEN? ANSWER: Duh, the skin. One time, I was making a fancy dish for some girlfriends that involved [Read More...]

BABY IT IS COLD OUTSIDE! Time for a bowl of easy,hot and tasty soup!

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Jan 092013
 
BABY IT IS COLD OUTSIDE! Time for a bowl of easy,hot and tasty soup!

My brother in law is a very quiet guy. It took me about 20 years to figure out that he is not mad at me. Actually, sometimes I still wonder, but mostly it is because I deserve it half the time. To say that I adore him is putting it mildly. He has been the American patriarch of my little Colombian family since he stepped into the picture 27 years ago. He even walked me down the aisle. Part of his magic lies in that he is always in the kitchen with several pots and pans going at once. My sis, 23 year old niece and 21 year old nephew [Read More...]

8 MYTHS ABOUT BOOZE … debunked by an expert!

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Dec 202012
 
8 MYTHS ABOUT BOOZE ... debunked by an expert!

One of the most fun and relatively cheap day trips you can take in the Bay Area is to St. George Sprits, home of the famous Hangar One vodka. My husband and I took the Ferry over to Alameda and we walked a kinda long and somewhat desolate path to a big old ex-military hangar that houses one of the best distilleries in the US. I would say, the world, but I don’t know much about distilleries around the world. Click here to get the low down on tours. We took the awesome tour with Paul Martin, who looks like Turtle from entourage and learned some valuable Cliff Claven-like factoids [Read More...]

SQUASH MY INSPIRATION!

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Nov 082012
 
SQUASH MY INSPIRATION!

Ok, perhaps a bit of a cheesy title, but how else am I going to get you to read your veggies? I didn’t grow up with squash, well, other than overcooked zuchini. I vaguely remember eating spaghetti squash about 10 years ago, but it wasn’t until the last 5 years that I discovered how incredibly wonderful different varieties of squash really are. Butternut squash was probably the first to come on the scene with such tasty dishes as butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce and butternut squash purees and soups. I remember when main stream America was obsessed with microwaving squash, sweet potatoes and regular potatoes. I truly [Read More...]

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