On Latin Cuisine: Spanish, Cuban, Mexican - What's the Difference?
August 12th, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: or most of our historiesSpanish and Latino cuisines have been separate. Trying to compare Spanish and Latino cuisine is like trying to compare,...
View ArticleAn ugly fish makes it all alright…
August 12th, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Pamola JulianTags: monkfish Welcome summer, and welcome vacation (at least for some of us). Oh yeah, time to relax and do the things that we really like. I came to...
View ArticleBreaking the Custard Curse
August 13th, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianPhotos by: Josh ForemanTags: flandesserts I can’t remember the first time I heard about Carl Warner. I probably read about him on a cooking blog some rainy...
View ArticleThe Red Revolution
August 13th, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianPhotos by: Paloma JulianTags: tomato Let’s try and imagine a scenario: An alien comes from another planet and gives you a new food to try. The food is red...
View ArticleSquid Ink: Toast on the Mediterranean
September 14th, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: Mediterranean The end of summer is near, and 2012 is looming. Before the apocalypse arrives, let’s enjoy a decadent treat. The time of the...
View ArticleOn Shrimp and Suds
October 3rd, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianPhotos by: Edwin BautistaTags: shrimphappybeer My friend took his five-year-old son to the market last Saturday morning. As soon as the boy got there, he...
View ArticleA fish recipe worth its salt
November 6th, 2011 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianPhotos by: Paloma JulianIts ubiquity and low price have made this product an afterthought in our kitchens. At one time it was a valuable commodity; now...
View ArticlePaella’s lesser-known cousin
January 28th, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: fideuarecipe Dreams of the holidays, airports, the never-ending family dinners — it’s all come to an end and the new year awaits. 2012 is here and...
View ArticleMake your own churros
March 8th, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: churros It’s February, and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. I must say, the day is way too sweet for me. For all of you happily in love: couldn’t...
View ArticleA soothing punch for the broken-hearted
March 17th, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: Aqua de Valencia Ingredients: Aqua de Valencia February is gone. Love is no longer in the air. Life is moving along, and suddenly one of my friends...
View ArticleSponge Cake even my mother could love
April 27th, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: Sponge Cake I probably inherited my baking ineptitude from my mother. She’s an awesome cook, full of ideas. She has a drawer full of recipes, and...
View ArticleAlternate win conditions for Operation Bikini
June 23rd, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: cooking“Operation Bikini” begins every year in Spain about this time. It’s a dark ritual that involves doing whatever is necessary to achieve the...
View ArticlePreserving peaches, made easy
June 30th, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianPhotos by: Stevie RoccoTags: peaches If I associate any fruit with summer, it’s the peach. The smell of it, the colors like a warm sunset – it reminds me of...
View ArticleGetting the most out of your fish
August 21st, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: fish During one of the most appetizing dinners of my summer so far, a chef delighted us with a tasting of several kinds of fish cooked using...
View ArticleMaking time for tigers
November 11th, 2012 | TweetAuthor: Paloma JulianTags: Mussel Croquettesrecipeseoul For some unknown reason, tigers have obsessed me lately. I see them everywhere, anywhere; they follow me like the...
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