Product Review — The Seville Orange Marmalade was inedible; the taste was as you were eating pure orange peel with the worst sourness you could imagine. I checked the expiration date and it seemed fine, I must admit I bought it for half the original price at a Marshall’s, but in the past I have […]
General
Comments, Random, always about food though.
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Comentarios, raro, pero siempre de comida.
Chef Melissa de León at the Academia de Artes Culinarias
Chef Melissa “La Cooking Diva“, invited me to one of her classes at the Culinary Arts Academy in Panama, this class was a level 1 for a group of friends who work together, so the fact that it was not a group of students made it very interesting. I arrived ealier than the Chef so […]
DC Food Blogger Happy Hour @ Zentan – June 2.
DC Food Blogger Happy Hour! Location: Donovan House hotel’s ZENTAN (private room) Date: Wednesday, June 2, at 6:00 pm. The first Wednesday on every month you can meet, chat & have a snack with all of us! We hope to see you there! If you plan in joining us please RSVP to the DC Food […]
My problem with Hispanic Pastries in NoVa
After going to an amazing Chinese lunch at A & J in Annandale, we decided to stop at the Guatemalan Restaurant & Bakery “Tikal” While we were in the car we were almost praying “please don’t be like Castro’s Bakery or any of these other bakeries where the dry almost sandy texture and no flavor […]
Francesinha, un 'must' de la cocina Portuense
Siempre le he rogado a mi amiga Mitch que comparta su experiencia culinaria en la gran Portugal, su amor por el aceite de oliva, por las sardinas fritas y otros platos tradicionales, asà que este es su primera y espero no última contribución en mi blog, espero disfruten y prueben esta receta en casa, ya […]
Rebel Heroes – Bánh mì
Últimamente ha sido más difÃcil cocinar en casa desde que inicié mi trabajo nuevo. No me quejo porque gracias a esta situación he podido probar diferentes restaurantes, sobretodo los que hacen entrega a domicilio u ofrecen el servicio de preparar para llevar y esta vez el camión de “Rebel Heroes” me salvaron el almuerzo. Prometo […]
Saus – Sao – Pickled Pig’s Trotters
Every Friday would usually be “Carry Out Friday” and even more when it was payday Friday. Mom likes to rest from cooking on weekend evenings so whenever she and my Dad would come back from work they would stop by the “Lady on the Corner” and buy Lomo Guisado w/ Frijolitos & Rice and a […]
Panamanian Dinner for DC Chowhound Friends
Yes I was baking the Mamallena in pijamas! hihihi Talking to dear Steve and Penelope about having a potluck I always mentioned how I would love them to have a taste of Panamanian cuisine whenever it was possible, and since there is no restaurant in DC area that serves Panamanian cuisine I decided to take […]
Kitchen Basics
Basics – Cada domingo preparo caldo de pollo. Reservo una mitad en el congelador y la otra en el refrigerador. Es increÃble cómo este caldo le da un tono de sabor a las sopas, salsas y arroces. Sé que debà haber cortado los vegetales más pequeños y asà el contacto de los mismos con el […]