Clotilde looked small and unsuspicious and seriously out of place in my kitchen filled with thrust and G force way beyond her means.  After all, she was only a 13-pounder turkey, and the kitchen gang had long gotten used to handling birds of more hefty stature.  But Clotilde was the fleshiest of the flock for the post-Pilgrim holiday.  I like to think of myself as an out-of-the-box person, most definitely cook, so, it was no surprise to me or my friends when I announced my Thanksgiving meal would be taking place three weeks after the holiday had passed.

No one seemed surprised.  And no one said no.  How could they?  They knew it would be an ocean of culinary delights, from the turkey, to the stuffing to the mashed sweet potatoes, cranberry relish, cranberry port sauce, and on and on and …Read on

Ella nos prometió que no cocina normalmente así, pero creenme , una mujer alta, atractiva en un vestido negro apretado, tacones y chaqueta de chef es algo muy, muy sexy, aun si eres heterosexual. ¡Este es cómo la diosa culinaria Daisy Martinez, del show  Daisy Cooks! del Food Network llego para cocinar el viernes pasado por la noche en el Centro de Adrienne Arscht de Miami. Ella fue acompaniada por la estrella local bien amada y carismática de Simply Delicioso, Ingrid Hoffman (casi una Rachael Ray latina.) Juntas ellas empezaron la Serie de Chef del centro (que incluye otros chefs importantes como Jacques Pepin, Emeril Lagasse y Anthony Bourdain).

El show era parte entrevista, parte hechando cuentos y, parte demostración culinaria.  Daisy e Ingrid (porque después de oír sobre las luchas de Ingrid con Lupus y el amor de Daisy para …Read on

She promised us she doesn’t normally cook this way, but believe me, a tall, attractive woman in a tight black dress, stiletto heels and a chef’s jacket is quite a turn on, even if you’re heterosexual.  This is how the culinary goddess Daisy Martinez, from The Food Network’s Daisy Cooks! arrived to cook on stage last Friday night at Miami’s Adrienne Arscht Center.  She was joined by the well-loved and charismatic local Miami celebrity Food Network star of Simply Delicioso, Ingrid Hoffman (whose warmth and approachable nature reminded me of a Latin Rachael Ray)  Together they kicked off the center’s Celebrity Chef Series (which includes other greats, Jacques Pepin, Emeril Lagasse and Anthony Bourdain) beginning with a spice of Latin fun.

And what fun it was!  Part interview, part storytelling, part cooking demo (with a house filled with …Read on

I’d like to think of myself as being a modern, evolving, and accepting human being, one that is open to change, considers other’s ideas and suggestions, and constantly alters set patterns of behavior in hopes of achieving self-growth and a new perspective. However, there are some things I just don’t mess with. Take Thanksgiving dinner, for instance. I know, I know, it’s a wild and changing world out there—many others are achieving growth by glazing their birds with exotic fruit juices, smoking them in the backyard in big old garbage pails or even taking the plunge and tossing their ode to our country’s heritage in frightfully deep vats of boiling oil. They all make for delicious meals, I am sure. You just won’t find them in my home.Call me a foodie hypocrite, a culinary closet conservative, …Read on