tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47409122974187989042011-11-27T19:32:13.381-05:00Monicanoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-40525384035987460862010-02-05T14:37:00.000-05:002010-02-05T14:37:52.269-05:00

I have found a better home! You can now find me over here... http://www.sweetbitesblog.com/ Please update your feeds, Thank you.

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Can I say this right off the bat (so we can all gasp and get it over with) I don’t like any cake, or pies or tartlets’ or anything that is made with fruit, or has fruit in it, never have and for the record; I have not acquired the taste over the years. In fact, let me put this out there:  I.HATE.PIE. There I said it, it’s out there. You all have five second to give me the speech about this… Ready

Monicanoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-23663927391262373062010-01-25T15:20:00.010-05:002010-01-25T20:59:58.180-05:00

I know that Christmas is long gone. And so are the Christmas foods. Except that this year due to numerous other stuff,we had to deal around my house, we left a lot of Christmas food making for "after" the holidays. Case in point: "Pan de Jamon" which basically translates to: Ham Bread. "Pan de jamon" is a huge, golden, egg-washed bread filled with swirls of ham, olives, bacon, and raisins.

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A couple of weeks ago, I purchase Rose Levy Beranbaum book “Rose’s Heavenly Cakes”. I have her other book  “The Cake Bible” and in the past would use it as a huge reference point when I wanted to dig in deep and go all out on cake making. This new book is beautiful. I think I love it more than the old book and as soon as I sat down to view it; I started to mark all the wonderful cakes I

Monicanoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-40614170401677511962010-01-15T12:31:00.001-05:002010-01-15T12:38:11.656-05:00

You know those days? The ones that are so hard, that all you want to do is have a do over and block it from your mind. Yesterday was one of those days. So, when I got home, I was glad that the boyfriend was at his mother’s house and the only person to feed was me. But, there was a problem. There was nothing in the refrigerator and we were out of milk, so the bowl of cereal was out.

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I don't have a recipe this week, mainly because I was eating my way throughout New York City for the past 4 days. Last Thursday I took off to brave freezing temperatures in order to celebrate my best friends 40th birthday in New York City.  Boy did we celebrate! Here is a quick run down of the foods, places and our take on our culinary walk-about. We started Thursday nigh by visiting

Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-69146687517553537212009-12-30T08:46:00.009-05:002009-12-30T10:51:20.829-05:00

This is simple and easy.. why? Because the ingredients are all pre-made and when you are in a hurry, trust me buying at the supermarket makes sense. Now I'm old school, make it from scratch, because well there is nothing better than homemade.  But, I have to be realistic as well... I sometimes don't have the time to make from scratch.  I do however have time to take the supermarket

Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-29165870776203395802009-12-03T13:51:00.016-05:002009-12-30T14:01:16.400-05:00

I originally saw this in Food Network show that has since been cancelled and thru the years have modified it. This is an easy recipe and a life saver, because if you have all the ingredients and you organized yourself a day or two before cooking, it should take you no more than 10 minutes to have it on the table for anyone to gobble it up. . The other plus about it? It’s a proven crowd

Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-3156590622063861732009-11-20T13:27:00.050-05:002009-12-30T14:02:34.999-05:00

We are going down memory lane today. You have been warned. I was born and spend my early years growing up in Venezuela. And like most people those food that you eat in your childhood just stay there, in your soul.  Just the smell of them brings me down memory lane. I lived in a small town (back then) in the most southern part of the country.  We were knows as the last stop before going to

Monicanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-14901986747328363852009-11-17T11:49:00.004-05:002009-12-23T12:11:00.577-05:00

Remember the Picadillo recipe that I posted a couple of weeks ago? Yeah, well what goes with Picadillo? RICE! Why is everyone running? Come back! This is so easy its ridiculous! I know, I know, to some of us, making good rice is such an intimidating mystery that an entire industry thrives on selling crappy instant rice products! But, let me give you a HUGE TIP here, homemade rice is

Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-12865668357009403962009-11-14T12:52:00.000-05:002009-12-23T13:01:31.475-05:00

I love to have people over to my house and shower them with food. Blame it on my Italian/Latin heritage. We are natural host. If there is a party, we are there cooking, dancing and making sure that everyone around us is having a good time. We love to have people sit at our table to eat and drink and totally enjoy every bite. Since I moved to Tampa, I have not had the chance to do this. Because

Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-82429353692252758262009-11-11T09:57:00.001-05:002009-12-23T10:14:34.349-05:00

Ok folks this is so easy, there is no excuse to make one every weekend. It's rich, its creamy and oh, so good. In Venezuela, as well as most of Latin America, everyone makes Flan and most of you probably have tasted some type of version of this creamy custard dessert. In Venezuela we make our version of Flan and call it: "Quesillo". The ingredients are your basic eggs, milk, vanilla, caramel

Monicanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740912297418798904.post-55419467889069714192009-11-04T11:31:00.000-05:002009-12-23T10:28:14.890-05:00

There are numerous versions of Picadillo. It's usually made all over Latin America, but living in Florida, most people identify it as a Cuban dish. But, pretty much everyone in Latin America has their own version. It is often served with rice and in some cases as the filling for pastries, like empanadas. In my house it’s basically a quick dish that is made when Tom begs for it. Its simple and

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