I set out to make some cute little thumbprint cookies and take a few pics. What happened was, well what happens when you dont follow recipes. As I was making the dough, I remembered that I had some guava paste in the refrigerator. I had also found some sweetened coconut earlier when I was...

(Tomatillo en macro © 2006 Nika) I am working myself up to making a tomatillo salsa with these lovely tomatillos that I shot today as well as the jalapenos shown here. These are our organic homegrown jalapenos that are starting to ripen! (More tomatillos © 2006 Nika) (Red Jalapeno © 2006 Nika) (One last tomatillo © 2006 Nika) I...

Here is an article of mine published at the Sugar Savvy blog, part of the Well Fed Network. You can see that I pulled some of the material from my last post into this article. Writing the article was my inspiration for pulling together the whole Colombian Breakfast How-2 guide post. Latino Sweets: Guava In Colombia, where...

(Clockwise from top left: changua, arepa with queso blanco, pan de bono, and patacones – Copyright © 2006 Nika Boyce) A Colombian breakfast is not just one thing, sort of like you might think a proper English fry up would be. I think that a Colombian breakfast can actually have many different possibilities limited only...

(Image source: www.Esmas.com)Well Fed Network article – Horchata – Authentic Mexican Drink for Cinco de Mayo If you are interested in injecting some more authentic flavor into your relatively in-authentic Cinco de Mayo celebrations try the truly mejicano drink called Horchata. (Oooh-rrrrr-ch-a-ta, one does not say the “H” sound in Spanish, don’t forget to trill your “R”s...

How-2 Guide on the making of Platanos People in countries outside of Colombia call them tostones and I am not sure what else! They are nothing like what you buy in bags at the store in the “Goya” section. Those hard plantain chips are scary, I almost broke a tooth on one!Real homemade platanos are...

I had posted a pic in December of fried yucas but had not yet gotten around to putting the how to pics up yet. If you enjoy these, stop by in a few weeks when I get my how-2 guides up and running for sale at a publish-on-demand site. I need to reshoot...

EMPANADAS Deep-fried meat pastries. These are served as appetizers because they will not keep their crispness for more than 1/2 hour. In other words, as you fry them, have someone serve them to your guests. As the guests bite into them, they may squirt lime juice into them from cut-up limes, or they...

Colombian empanadas, filled with a divine pork stuffing, deep fried, and served immediately with pique (onions, cilantro, garlic, vinegar) and limes. In this previous post you will see a Flickr Flash slideshow on how Colombian empanadas are made! The directions you see in this post can also be sourced by clicking on these images, the images...

This post is one of the most popular on this blog. You will find a slideshow that illustrates, step by step, how to make Colombian Empanadas, not a trivial activity. Click through and learn, soon you will be enjoying homemade real Colombian Empanadas!...