peas at a party

A convergence of thoughts . . . I’ve been planning menus to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and thinking about the fun of trying to duplicate authentic recipes in a weeknight kitchen. But I’ve also been thinking about cocina nueva or the new Latina kitchen, those Hispanic influences on our everyday food. At the [...]

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I indulged last weekend at Border’s, scene of many indulgences, I confess.  I bought Sylvia Lovegren’s Fashionable Food:  Seven Decades of Food Fads.  It is such fun and one of those books that has you saying, “Of course,” as she looks at influences that brought about certain food fashions or fads.  For example, the rise of [...]

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