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Sopa de Lima with Black Limes: This Aint Your Mama’s Chicken Soup

by Art Rodriguez in Main Entrée, Recipes, Soups/Salads on February 6, 2013

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With cooler weather and influenza settling in for the season, it is time to pull out the comfort food big guns. One of my ultimate Mexican comfort foods, Sopa de Lima, can definitely hold its own among my other heartier and heavier soup recipes. Don’t be fooled. This soup is not just another chicken soup. The limes make this soup a little tangy, but also...

Passion Fruit Dressing

by Stephen Chavez in Featured Blog Posts, Misc., Recipes on February 4, 2013

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Art and I absolutely love the tropical, sweet tartness of passion fruit. We found this recipe in the new cookbook “50 Best Plants on the Planet,” by Chef Cathy Thomas and Melissa’s Produce. The dressing has chipotle chile in it. Chipotle chiles are ripe jalapeños that have been dried and smoked. The spicy kick from the chile will bring back the snap to any limp...

What’s A Super Bowl Party Without Guacamole? Try This Fool-Proof Avocado Dip Recipe

by Stephen Chavez in Appetizer, Recipes on January 29, 2013

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I am so fed up with Los Angeles not having its own football team. The NFL season wraps up this Sunday with the Super Bowl and I can’t help but be bitter. So instead of cheering for a team, I am rooting for the food being served during the Big Game. Move over chicken wings, quesadillas, bean dips – The Big Bad Avocado is in...

Guest Post: Rochelle Palermo Shares Her Pan Dulce Recipe

by Art Rodriguez in Desserts, Recipes on January 22, 2013

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Editor’s Note: We cannot say enough how honored we are to have recipe developer and food editor to some of best and brightest chefs in the world share exclusively with LatinoFoodie readers her pan dulce recipe. I had the opportunity to work with Rochelle Palermo during and after culinary school. At this point Rochelle has tested, written, and developed recipes for top-shelf cookbooks and magazines,...

Buick Food & Wine Discovery Tour

by Stephen Chavez in Featured Blog Posts, Misc. on January 21, 2013

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While all my friends were scarfing chicken wings and carne asada nachos watching the NFL championship games on Sunday, I was being schooled by some top celebrity chefs. Greek-American culinary star Michael Psilakis showed us how to make a gyro spice of cumin, coriander, yellow mustard seed, cloves, black cardamom, fennel and cinnamon. America’s premier wine and spirits celebrity Michael Green humurously told us how to order wine in...

Quit Loafing Around; Wake up Your Meatloaf Recipe with Roasted Pasilla Peppers

by Stephen Chavez in Main Entrée, Recipes on January 14, 2013

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Believe it or not, sometimes Art and I don’t agree on the food we like. He doesn’t care for meatloaf. He feels it’s boring, plus he has an aversion to ketchup. He remembers his mom making it once or twice and each time it was dry (sorry mama Rodriguez, his words not mine). Personally, I like meatloaf. I like meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy....

Hot and Thick Champurrado Warms the Soul During the Holidays

by Stephen Chavez in Beverages, Recipes on January 5, 2013

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Mexican hot chocolate or Champurrado? Believe it or not, growing up that was a major decision for me. I preferred Mexican hot chocolate as I was always leery from the thickness of Champurrado. Oh, how times have changed. And, on holidays like Diá de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) celebrated on January 6, Champurrado is a great companion to the Rosca de Reyes served. A...