by Joseph Yacino | May 18, 2020 | Recipes
There is a tapas restaurant in Santa Fe New Mexico called El Farol. It was here I experienced my first Spanish frittata and fell in love with the simplicity of it. It can be eaten hot, cold or room temperature. Great to take on the road or when hiking, even if you are...
by Joseph Yacino | May 8, 2020 | Recipes
Serves 4 1 clove of garlic, minced ¼ cup capers ¼ cup gherkins, drained and finely chopped 6 anchovy fillets in oil, finely chopped 2 bunches of fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 bunch of fresh basil, finely chopped a bunch of fresh mint, finely chopped...
by Joseph Yacino | Apr 30, 2020 | Recipes
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. By Patricia S York April 24, 2020 We don’t always take direction well, do we? A can of sweetened condensed milk carries the warning “do not heat in can” but we did it anyway. A few years ago, it was all the rage to...
by Joseph Yacino | Apr 22, 2020 | Recipes
Serves 4 1 pound/450g fusilli (spiral pasta) 4 slices turkey bacon, cut into thin strips ½ teaspoon/2ml sea salt ¼ teaspoon/1ml black pepper 4 medium yellow squash , quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced ½ cup/125ml heavy...
by Joseph Yacino | Apr 15, 2020 | Recipes
Serves 4 1½ pounds/675g boneless bottom-round rump roast or thin sliced sirloin strips 1 teaspoon/5ml/5g kosher salt ¼ teaspoon/2ml/.6g black pepper 2 tablespoons/30ml/28g German style mustard 2 large stalks celery, cut into thin slices 3-4 inches/7.5j-10cm...
by Joseph Yacino | Apr 15, 2020 | Recipes
A classic Cuban dish, and one of the most popular. In spanish, the translation is means “old clothes”, because the chuck roast is shredded until it resembles old rags of clothes. It is traditionally served with white rice. Serves 6 3 pound/1.35kg chuck...