Today is a day of celebration! You see, I have this habanero plant that has been flowering like you wouldn’t believe for six months but never produced fruits. The weather here is a bit too cold to have it outside so I’ve been trying my luck with it indoors. Proper sunlight throughout the day sucks [...]

Here’s another great starter to nibble on while waiting for those guests who have yet to arrive or the meat to be served. This deeply rich and flavorful spread is absolutely fantastic with thin slices of crusty bread; toasted or not. Blue cheese, nuts, and brandy. That’s it.
Now before I go further I feel that [...]

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I have yet to travel to Brazil, but from what I have heard, Pao de queijo, is often on the list of “you haven’t experienced Brazil unless you’ve tried them.” Pao de queijo, or pan de queso in Spanish, means cheese bread in English. Wheat flour-based yeast bread with cheese mixed in has nothing [...]

Hat tip to A Full Belly for pointing out this post: Throw Down.
Read it.
Being where I am, I don’t have the luxury of watching the Food Network so I wasn’t aware of this show until seeing those posts. Because I can’t watch the show, I’m not going to put too much judgment down. However, reading [...]

Previously I talked about my encounter with the monkey-puzzle nut. Now I take it that these are not too popular in the culinary world, or maybe I should say non-existent. Or maybe I just didn’t look in the right place. I searched around for various ways to put them to use but didn’t have much [...]

I was in the produce section of the supermarket one day and noticed a shelf full of plastic-wrap sealed packets filled with some sort of nut within their shells. Piñon was the only designated name printed on the label and piñon is Spanish for pine nut. However, these didn’t look like any pine nut I [...]