Archive for the 'Colombia' Category

Catching Up in January

Published 18 January 2010 Argentina , Catching Up , Chile , Colombia , El Savador , General , Honduras , Miami , Spain 1 Comment
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I took advantage of a rainy Sunday to catch up on some reading though, instead of newspaper stacks, I had  bookmarked pages and Google alerts filling up my inbox.  For the New York Times, Jonathan Miles visited Roneria Caracas, a new Brooklyn bar specializing in rum drinks, in The Choices? Rum or Rum and doesn’t miss the whisky while Paola Singer went to western Spain to sample the Dom Pérignon of Iberian ham for In Spain, A Delicacy Rooted in Earth and Tradition. Meanwhile, Continue reading ‘Catching Up in January’

Pan de Yuca

Published 13 January 2010 Appetizers , Argentina , Brazil , Bread/Baked Goods , Breakfast/Brunch , Colombia , Ecuador , Light Lunch , Miami , Recipes Leave a Comment
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Though I’d love to have homemade rolls every day, I stay away from bread recipes for first thing.  They never seem to rise and bulk up in the time promised.  I wake up early and spend the morning nervously peeking at the dough I lovingly covered in its blanky and placed in a draft free place to no avail.  One hour becomes two and there’s no breakfast in sight.  By the time it’s done, I’m too cranky to really enjoy it.  I didn’t get to sleep in yet the dough enjoyed a leisurely rise.  When I came across pan de yuca or yuca bread in a Miami, I was curious.  A combination of yuca flour (also known as tapioca starch) and cheese, it can be mixed and rolled as quickly as arepas then baked off.   Continue reading ‘Pan de Yuca’

Figure Eights

Published 6 December 2009 Argentina , Bread/Baked Goods , Colombia , Cuba , Desserts , Mexico , Puerto Rico , Spain 1 Comment
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There’s always a point when I finish a post and choose a country category that feels a little dishonest.  Well not so much dishonest but not the whole elephant either.  When I decided to write about Latin food, I knew that it would be a fuzzy focus and difficult to define.  Buñuelos, fritters popular throughout Spain and Latin America, are a good example.  Originally from the Iberian penninsula, they’re either Arabic or Sephardic, or maybe both.  Typically made from a wheat-based dough that’s flavored with anise, they’re rolled into balls or discs and deep fried then topped with a syrup or honey. Continue reading ‘Figure Eights’

New Map

Published 30 October 2009 Brazil , Chile , Colombia , General , Mexico , Peru , Uruguay Leave a Comment
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I’ve been going through this week’s New York Times travel section featuring Latin America, specifically  an awakened Chile, colonial Colombia, 36 Hours in Montevideo, Rio hot spots, Peruvian restaurants, and rejuvenated Mazatlán.  Travel exhausts me but its a fun read.

Cold Nights

Published 4 October 2009 Beverages , Breakfast/Brunch , Colombia 3 Comments
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He turned round, and leaning upon his elbow, began to sip his chocolate.  The mellow November sun came streaming into the room.  The sky was bright, and there was a genial warmth in the air.  It was almost like a morning in May.

- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

There are always a few weeks in early Fall where it is colder in my apartment then it is outside.  I leave the house ready to face a brisk New York, early frost and find a mild northern California day instead.  While the season makes up it’s mind, I’ll just live in a bowl of hot chocolate.   Continue reading ‘Cold Nights’

Art Break

Published 29 May 2009 Colombia , Food Breaks , Manhattan , New York 3 Comments
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The first year I moved to New York the central medians along Park Avenue were lined with enormous bronze statues by Fernando Botero.  Not really knowing a Park Avenue without them, I thought the full bodied sculptures had always been there and always would be.  It turned out to be a temporary installation sponsored by the Public Art Fund, and they were gone after a couple months.  Park Avenue has always seemed empty without them.  Today, my mother and I were running to meet my sister when we came across this Botero in a walkway along 57th Street.  I don’t know how much longer it will be there, but it’s wonderful to come across his public installations unexpectedly and know his figures are still roaming the City.

Fernando Botero, Rape of Europa, 2007

Lost in Translation

Published 23 April 2009 Colombia , Mexico , New York , Queens 3 Comments
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Finding Latin American staples in New York is harder than you’d think.  A little spoiled, I expect everything to eventually make it’s way here though the trick is finding where its landed.  Divided by a common language, a dominican grocer will give you a noncommittal shrug when asked whether the mountain of batatas he’s standing in front is not actually the cuban boniatos that you’re looking for.  Although I’m fluent in Spanish, I have a second-generation-american’s insecurity when faced with a native speaker and assume the miscommunication is on my end.  That’s how I ended up lost in Jackson Heights buying a colombian arepa griddle which is actually a mexican comal for making tortillas, or maybe it’s both?

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