Latin Dishes

Why, Hello Latin America, it is so nice to taste you! 

Working with unfamiliar ingredients leads to satisfying and surprisingly delicious food. 

Here are a few photographs to get your taste buds going. 

Nopales en Chipotle Adobado 

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 Arroz Blanco con Verduras

( Nopales in Chipotle Sauce & White rice with Vegetables ) 

Sopa de Lima con Pollo y Elote

( Chicken, Corn & Lime Soup) 

Sopa de Fideos Aguada

( Noodles in Tomato Broth)

Vanilla Cupcakes

Hello Friends!

I have not actually started blogging, and I decided today over a cup of coffee that a good way to start doing so is with cupcakes! I realize that cupcakes are either oh-so-trendy or are totally out of style, but every time I ask a friend with an upcoming birthday if they want a whole cake, or a bunch of cupcakes, they always demand the second. I personally love making both. Cupcakes are less demanding than a whole cake. The ones pictured above where made for my best friend Katy's birthday last summer. They are vanilla cake topped with a chocolate espresso ganache and frosted with swiss meringue buttercream frosting. Yum.

Fresh.

Here's to my first blog ever. May it be amazing. A toast with 32oz of delicious love sludge.