Shrimp Favorite Recipe

This is my favorite shrimp recipe of all time! I love it because it’s delicious but also because it’s soooo easy! You’ll see what I mean. Ingredients Deveined raw Shrimp, garlic cut in pieces or mashed, Butter, Parsley and salt. Directions: Place the deveined raw shrimp in a plastic resealable bag with the garlic ….

Chiles en Nogados, Mexican Christmas traditions.

  My Mexican friend Dionicia shared her home-made version of what she calls ‘Chiles en Nogados’ with me last week. She told me this is a popular Christmas tradition in Mexico now. My friend explained that this recipe originated back in 1821, when the victorious Mexican General Augustin de Iturbide stopped in Puebla, and a…

Colombian ‘Pasteles de Arroz’, a Christmas and New Year’s Tradition

Many Latin American countries, including Colombia, share “Pasteles de Arroz” on Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. This recipe has been in Cartagena de Indias (my home town), for a very long time. Families get together around this wonderful recipe. I can remember the smell of Pasteles on Christmas eve, as well as the excitement the…

Ponche de Navidad, a Mexican Christmas tradition.

Buñuelos and ‘Ponche de Navidad’ [with or without Tequila], guests of honor at Mexican Christmas family gatherings. This week we celebrated a Posada with Norma and her family. She prepared this warm, inviting drink, gave me the recipe and shared some of this tradition’s story. Common Mexican middle of the road knowledge says this tradition started…

Blue Moose Pizza – Vail, CO

The Blue Moose Pizza. An inviting, fun, family friendly place with delicious pizza. We were driving on Colorado’s I-70, passing through Vail, on our way to Aspen. The stop was more than we could ask for. This is a place I’d recommend anyone, specially families. Fresh home-made pizza dough, light sauces, abundant mouth-watering flavor. We ordered…