Skip to Recipe Pumpkin and cheese (cream cheese, to be specific) is one of those combinations that sounds weird if you have never tried it, but works incredibly well. So, pumpkin and cheese pastries (or pastelitos, as we call them down my way) seemed like a win for me. Lightly sweetened pumpkin puree and soft
Skip to Recipe My boss hates flan, but loves anything red velvet. When I asked her what she thought of a red velvet flan, she was like “H’mm…I might try that.”Sadly, Google wasn’t very helpful in locating a recipe for red velvet flan that looked promising. So, I devised my own. Making a red velvet
Pascal’s on Ponce opened in Coral Gables back in 2000, and is still going strong. Given the general fickleness of the restaurant industry, especially in South Florida, this says a lot. Since it opened, it has been recognized by food-writers and critics nationwide for its made-to-order contemporary French cuisine. Pascal’s on Ponce, like many other
Skip to Recipe Lately, I have been rethinking my aversion to cooked fruit. Those of you that are close to me know that I am always complaining about mushy fruit in desserts, like apple or berries. And, those of you that only know me through this blog are probably now just realizing why this blog
Skip to recipe For the second year in a row, my job has organized a chili cook-off. Now, chili isn’t really my forte, and it’s not something that I make often or ever. But, ever since I got this Instant Pot I have gotten a lot more adventurous with my cooking. So, I figured “why
When a craving for tacos hits, no ordinary taco will do. This was the predicament that I found myself recently. It was a Tuesday afternoon, and the workday had been particularly long and eventful. Well, I needed no other excuse than that to treat myself to tacos on Taco Tuesday. So began my quest to
This is a quickie post due to popular demand. I made this red velvet cheesecake last week with mixed results, but Valentine’s Day is right upon us and I REALLY wanted to have this cheesecake as my go-to. So I tried again today with a few adjustments and got it just right! I posted a
Skip to recipe Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and LOVE is in the air. In my case, it’s love of delicious things. For me, food has always been a very emotional experience. As such, making food is one of the ways that I express myself. Nothing makes me happier than to feed the
Before a certain ramen place opened up in Brickell, my experiences with ramen were limited to the cheap kind that comes in packets. You probably know the kind. That stuff has kept many college kids from starving to death. Hell, it even got me through a rough patch post-college. For a few months, my diet
Skip to recipe When I was younger, Heath bars were one of my mother’s favorite candy bars. I am pretty sure that I inherited my love of caramel from her, and chocolate covered crunchy toffee is right up her alley. She has always had an obsession with crunchy things. She likes her cookies crunchy instead