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Skip to Recipe In my circle of friends, I am notorious for not being a particularly adventurous eater. Keep those beef hearts and chicken feet away from me, and don’t even get me started on the time that I found out that beef tongue (something my mom made for us a lot growing up) was
Skip to Recipe Two years ago, I came up with a red velvet rum cake to make at my boss’s request. For the fun of it, I started looking into what other types of bundt cake would hold up to a generous soaking of rum syrup. I tried chocolate pound cake, but it was kind
Skip to Recipe With all of the hurricanes and traveling going on, I haven’t been eating very well lately. That’s not to say that I haven’t had a lot of DELICIOUS food these past few weeks, but my stomach was long overdue for a break. This weekend, I just wanted something simple. Something that helped
Skip to Recipe I have a weird relationship with peanut butter. I don’t go nutso over peanut butter things the way that some people do. In fact, when people would ask me, I used to say that I don’t like peanut butter all that much. But, lately, I have been gaining a greater appreciation for
Skip to Recipe One of my older sisters doesn’t make it a secret that she really doesn’t know how to cook. It’s not that she is proud of it, but she is just very matter-of-fact about it. Since getting married, though, she has decided to make more of an effort in learning her way around
Florida has an almost unhealthy obsession with Publix subs. Don’t get me wrong, this grocery store chain does make some pretty darn good subs, but not worth the almost fanatical loyalty that they seem to have won from Floridians. Usually, a Publix sub for me is a quick meal for when I spent too much
Skip to Recipe I hosted my first “Instant Pot Party” recently for a few friends that wanted some pointers on how to make the most out of their appliance. One of my friends wanted to make a peanut butter cheesecake, and already had a recipe in mind. Having made that same recipe before with some
Skip to Recipe Growing up in Miami, Fl has given me a healthy love of Cuban food. Moros is a personal favorite of mine, and will always be my side dish of choice when dining at a Cuban restaurant. Moros, short for moros y cristianos, is a dish in which rice is cooked with black beans, and
Skip to Recipe When it comes to frozen treats, I always lean more towards frozen custard instead of ice cream, because I prefer the creamier consistency. And, since learning how to make ice cream at home, I have always sought out recipes that incorporate egg yolks into the ice cream base, because I know that
Skip to Recipe Puerco Pibil, also known as Cochinita Pibil, is Yucatan-style barbecued pork. The name comes from the cooking method of the pork. Traditionally, it’s cooked in a Mayan oven called a pib, a hole in the ground lined with hot stones. My first exposure to puerco pibil was watching a Robert Rodriguez movie