This month’s food blogger happy hour is at Northside Social! The happy hour this month is hosted by Capital Spice and the Arugula Files. Come and join us! Northside Social is a coffee shop, wine bar, and cafe located in the Clarendon neighborhood of North Arlington and the people behind this great place are: Alison […]
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Pumpkin-Vanilla & Chocolate-Mint Whoopie Pies!
It was my 2nd Friday off from the restaurant so I thought about testing whoopie pies recipes. My love of whoopie pies started when I tried one 2 years ago, it was rather bland, but I loved the fun shape it had, then I tried the ones Whole Foods sells and it was OK. While working at Treet […]
Bon App̩tit РOctober 2010
I have decided to pick one magazine per month and try as many recipes as possible. This month I’ve picked Bon Appetit mostly because I was taking a look at Barbara Fairchild’s book on the Cookbook section of the Books-a-Million Bookstore and well that’s the magazine I bought and it was 4.99 plus whatever the […]
Seville Orange Marmalade & Caseificio Maldera Burrata
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 […]
Saturday – Old Town Fredericksburg
I requested this weekend off to go to a friend’s Birthday Party, Chef said yes and I took Saturday to visit Fredericksburg and the party was on Sunday (I didn’t go, I’m just the worst friend you could ever have). So this trip. I went with the boy. As usual I have a thing for […]
Panama Gastronomica 1st Day
A very hectic way to start my day, we had to wake up very early, left home without breakfast but brought snacks with me at least and my sweet folks got me a water bottle to take along with me. I also left home without my wallet but it was a good thing to have my […]
Pre-Panama Gastronomica – Mi Ranchito
 El dÃa antes del Festival Gastronómica decidà hacer pan Challah (pan de moña) con algunas amistades. Trabajamos con lo que pudimos encontrar en el supermercado. El Super 99 ofrece menos de 4 opciones para Harina de Todo Propósito, y todas son blanqueadas, pero el resto de los ingredientes los encontré sin problema alguno. Una […]
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 […]