Saturday’s sun scorched down on us as we waited for our bus at Union Station. Destination? Rancho Cucamonga. Yes, that same hillside where a wild fire scorched thousands of acres just a week earlier. We didn’t know what to expect. Was the air going to be thick as molasses and hard to breathe? It was […]
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We are proud to announce LatinoFoodie’s first collaboration with the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach for its “A Taste of Cinco de Mayo” Festival on Sunday, May 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can expect fun family activities, live mariachi and folklorico dancers, vendors, a beer and tequila garden and […]
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California pepper fig salsa spears. Quinoa salad with roasted cauliflower and figs. Mission figs sausage sliders. Grilled cheese with fig-onion jam. Griddled fig and prosciutto. Filet mignon with spiced fig Not Ketchup. Lamb daube with orange zest and California Figs. Hot damn! Clarissa Dickson Wright, of Two Fat Ladies fame, wrote, “I’m often in a […]
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Hot off the presses, our friends at Melissa’s Produce have once again rocked the recipe world with a new cookbook devoted to one of our favorite ingredients: peppers. We went to the book launch of The Great Pepper Cookbook and sampled their spicy bites and sweet treats. Melissa’s Produce is the largest variety distributor of […]
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Happy April Fish Day! No foolin’! From fools to fish, Panda Express has reclaimed the first of April. We were recently invited to their headquarters in beautiful Rosemead, CA for a sneak peak at their test kitchen. When the chefs asked for a volunteer to help cook a meal in their kitchen I jumped at the chance. Of […]
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Coming from Colorado, I have yet to explore all of Southern California. So, when I heard about the 2nd Annual Knott’s Berry Bloom, the kid in me jumped for joy. And, it sounds like it could be a perfect foodie family kind of day, especially with an expanded gourmet food and wine tasting. The parks roots will be on display […]
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*This is a sponsored post, but all of the opinions are our own. Hey, even LatinoFoodie needs a break from the kitchen time to time and the new menu from Olive Garden offered great variety and value. Just as Italian cuisine has its iconic dishes, like lasagna and spaghetti, the very popular Italian restaurant Olive […]
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Being a professional cook has meant coming home reeking of onions and garlic on an almost daily basis. Sometimes flaking off fish scales or peeling off an octopus tentacle or two. And while I do not mind much when I have to shake off thin slices of prosciutto after a deli slicer “incident,” sometimes I […]
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*This is a sponsored post, but all of our opinions are our very own. It’s always hard to hear, see or eat a lobster without thinking about Julia Child’s famous “Lobster” episode. It’s Valentine’s Day on Friday and time to think about taking your loved one out for dinner. I was just telling Art that […]
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There’s something brave playing with traditional ethnic dishes. Only a few chefs seem to pull it off successfully. Executive Chef Thomas Ortega, raised in Cerritos, Calif., takes a brazened approach to his restaurant style and menu and guess what? He nails it at his new restaurant in his hometown called Amor y Tacos. Good-natured and […]
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