Laura Calder is on my favorite chef list. I watch her show on the Cooking Channel, but unfortunately her shows are from 2009 and 2008. I wonder what she is up to these days. I find her to be very talented, funny and creative.
October is squash season and our good friends at 5 Star Makeover Cooking Group made it this month’s challenge.
I think I am going bananas. It seems that the past few posts bananas and plantains are the main focus of my posts.
When last in Puerto Rico we had stopped at a restaurant and the first thing that we were served was this soup and I vowed to make it. It was simple, but yet so rich.
“Guineitos Verde en Escabeche” is one of our most popular dishes. You would say its a ”Jíbaro” dish.
Ropa Vieja which translated means “old clothes”, is a dish
well-known in Cuba, but originated in the Canary Islands.
You can find it in every menu throughout the Caribbean. I think that the “Cubanos” have mastered this dish. This version is for you Laz of Lazaro Cooks and Jorge of Hispanic Kitchen!
For July’s 5 Star Makeover we have to pick a classic Greek meze and make it our own.
