In order to create, you need time. So is the case with cooking, or more precisely, with recipe creation. Just over a year, ago I had started down a path of altering a recipe to add a more Latin flair to it. While it did not take me a year of experimenting to fine tune … Continue reading Guava-Cheese Puffs
I’ll never forget what my mother said when she saw my kitchen in my first apartment as a newlywed, “Only a Torriente would have a fully-stocked kitchen before anything else.” That is to say that I had all pots, pans, utensils, appliances and kitchen gadgets anyone would want to embark on culinary creative spree. My … Continue reading Back-to-school Kitchen Supplies
Before there was Giada, Ina and Nigella, there was Julia. Julia Child, who was born 105 years ago yesterday, paved the way for them and every single Food Network star. Her career was prolific, pioneering and unpretentious. Unlike many contemporary celebrity chefs, Julia did not set out to be cook. She was in the Foreign … Continue reading Happy Belated Birthday Julia
For 40 years, my late father made a living as a banquet server at the Washington Hilton, the same Hilton where John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Educated as an accountant in his native Cuba, there were many things my father disliked about his job — the occasional 12-hour shifts; the occasional … Continue reading When Bad Service Becomes a Distraction
After my soon-to-be-ex and I had completed our kitchen renovation, one of the first things we decided to do to break-in the kitchen was to hire a chef to give a cooking lesson. We invited one of my besties, Natalie, and her husband Eric to join us. Natalie happens to be one of the few … Continue reading The Hidden Treasures of a Local Mercado
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