Rice it up! 6 Types of Rice for Everyday Cooking…

Rice it up! 6 Types of Rice for Everyday Cooking…

In Latin America we eat a lot of rice. Instead of using “meat & potatoes” we do meat & rice, or chicken & rice, or beans & rice, or pretty much anything & rice 🙂 Growing up we probably ate rice daily. In Venezuela it is very common to...
Upside Down Pineapple Cake

Upside Down Pineapple Cake

The first time I tried making an Upside Down Pineapple Cake I was 18 and the result was a disaster! It was my mom’s birthday and I wanted to surprise her.  Well, she sure was surprised when she thought a dog had taken a bite of the cake 🙂  For years I had tried...

Lion’s Mane Mushroom Risotto

Risotto is one of my favorite ways of making rice. I didn’t learn to cook risotto until I moved to Madison, when my mother in law gave me a Williams-Sonoma Risotto book for my birthday. I guess I was always longing and talking about how I missed all the Italian...

My Mom’s Best Chicken Recipe

If there is a recipe that is a go-to at my mom’s kitchen is this Pollo Negro.  It is the meal I ask my mom to prepare for me when I am visiting, and my sisters too. My mom has been making it for years, and I was quite surprised to find out just a couple of years ago...