Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in Mexican, beans, chicken, crispy, culture, easy, sopes on Apr 1st, 2009
During last fall’s McCain-Obama Presidential election season, TV channel Comedy Central’s website had a feature called “remember when you cared about…” which reprised some of the now (& then) farcical action from the previous Presidential campaigns of W. Bush and John Kerry. The 2004 race was my first such campaign-season as a resident of this [...]
Posted in Chorizo, Colombian, Venezuelan, beans, black beans, cheap meal, fried, morcilla, plantains, sausage, tostones on Jan 22nd, 2009
What’s originally from India, can be green or yellow, starchy or sweet, is consumed throughout West Africa, the Caribbean, and Central & South America, and (best of all) can be used to mimic a phallus in hilarious kitchen antics? Yes, that’s right, it’s the plantain – aka banana plantain, cooking plantain, beer banana, bocadillo plantain, [...]
Posted in Chorizo, Recipe, Recipes, Steak, beans, beef, cabbage, chicharron, cilantro, cornmeal, crispy, diversity, egg, fried, grilled, indulgent meal, lunch, masa, morcilla, peppers, pinto beans, pork, red beans, spicy, tourism, tradition, yucca on Oct 1st, 2008
Disclaimer: Our dear Colombian friend kindly let us know that our too-styled, “pretty” version of Bandeja Paisa is a bit less authentic because of the way we put things on the plate. Hear our Juan Camilo discuss Bandeja Paisa and all things Colombian in our exclusive podcast interview.
We are fortunate enough to live in a city with [...]
Posted in Asturias, Chorizo, Europe, Food Commentary, Madrid, Spain, alcohol, alcoholic drink, appetizer, beans, beverage, blood, chops, embarrassment, fabada, indulgent meal, lunch, morcilla, offal, pigs, pork, sausage, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on Mar 7th, 2008
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
- William Blake
Have you ever thought, as you sit red-faced, breathing shallowly, “just… one… more… bite”? Have you ever then taken that extra bite and thought to yourself — in your blood-starved brain — “maybe, after all, I could manage another one”? And, finally, upon swallowing [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Caribbean, Garlic, Jamaican, Recipe, Recipes, allspice, beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, cilantro, culture, easy, fried, grilled, history, orange juice, paprika, pinto beans, plantains, pork, red beans, rice, spices, spicy, tostones, weather on Feb 27th, 2008
Ahhh, jerk chicken. One of my favorite dishes. It’s spicy, kind of sweet and when made well should almost melt in your mouth. On a cold winters night, there’s nothing that can snap you out of a cold-weather-depression than cooking up something from the Islands.
Jerk was used as a way to preserve [...]
Posted in Italian, Italy, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, beans, bread, cabbage, cheap meal, healthy, kale, parsley, sausage, soup, stew, tradition, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian, weather on Feb 21st, 2008
Continuing with more comforting winter foods, I decided one night to make Ribollita again. Traditionally, this Tuscan dish is usually made one day using whatever leftovers were around and reboiled (what ribollita literally means in Italian) the next for even more of a flavor power-punch. I also read that ribollita should take a total [...]
Posted in Chorizo, Los Pollitos, Mexican, Recipe, Recipes, avocado, beans, black beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, chili, cilantro, cornmeal, cream, lime, masa, onions, peppers, pinto beans, red beans, serrano, sopes, spicy, tomatillos on Feb 14th, 2008
Almost every time we eat out at one of our favorite local Mexican cheap-eats, it is difficult for me to resist the crunchy and tasty sopes. These traditional Mexican dish involves fried masa cakes and can be topped with a variety of things – chorizo, beef, chicken, pork, veggies or beans. Some are made small [...]
Posted in Brooklyn, Garlic, Los Pollitos, Meat, Mexican, New York City, Park Slope, beans, black beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, chili, chilli, drink, easy, fried, pinto beans, red beans, restaurant, salad, soup, spicy on Dec 20th, 2007
Many a New Yorker has been heard to complain that the cost of living in the city is spiralling out of control, but there are very few residents who have complained that something is too cheap or that they get too good value for money. Well, this blog post is not a complaint, but it [...]
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