Category Archives: winter
Chocolate Playdough
I’ve often felt that Valentine’s Day was just a “Hallmark” holiday — with greeting cards, red roses, jewelry or the latest tech-toy (iPad? — now there’s an idea) required for the obligatory demonstration of “love.” See Linus’s dilemma in “Be My Valentine, Charlie … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, chocolate festival for kids, chocolate playdough, edible, gifts, homemade, jimmies, orlando science center, play dough, valentine's day
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Rose Petal Chocolate Truffles
To be inspired to cook is an easy thing, but to be inspired to cook with emotion? Well, very few do this as well as “Tita.” “Se desprenden con mucho cuidado los pétalos de las rosas, procurando no pincharse los … Continue reading
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Tagged admiration, chocolate, como agua para chocolate, desire, gifts, laura esquivel, like water for chocolate, love, rose oil, rose otto oil, rose petals, truffles, valentine's day
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Grandma Salazar’s Sopaipillas
Say the word “sopaipilla” and a lot of people get excited. Are you one of them? I have memories of Grandma Salazar’s sopaipillas dating back to my earliest years, along with the memories of piping hot ones straight from my mom’s kitchen. Visit either woman … Continue reading
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Tagged New Mexico, Questa, grandma salazar, homemade, honey, northern New Mexico, pinto beans, sopaipillas
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