I grew up around food in the restaurant my family owned for more than 40 years in Mexico City. My memory is full of kitchen smells such as onion, garlic, grilled cheese, soups, stews and so many others. From a very young age I learned to love food. I find the process of cooking exciting and...
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Ben H.
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After a long, long “vacation” I am finally back to the blog-o-sphere full of renewed energy, new ideas for this blog and some ...
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Would you like to go in a culinary tour of Latin America? Now you can! Thanks to the lovely Joan during the next 10 weeks we’l ...
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Ben H.
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One of my culinary resolutions for 2010 was to make all of my bread at home. So far I’ve done great. I haven’t bought a single ...
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Time flies! Here I was thinking this week, when I finished my online shopping, that I was so ahead of schedule when I realized ...
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Ben H.
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Fish is one of my favorite foods. However, I don’t eat it as much as I’d like because Jon doesn’t like it and here in Ohio ...
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Ben H.
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When I was contacted by the Tri-Lamb group a couple of weeks ago to create a lamb dish I got very excited about the opportunity ...
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Ben H.
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A couple of weeks ago I posted about the lamb Mexican burgers I prepared for my friends. I didn’t post the recipe because the T ...
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Ben H.
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Can you believe spring is here already? This past winter was cold and long… very long even for my taste. I love winter, but thi ...
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I have mentioned before that for me breakfast is the most important meal of the day because: 1) my parents always made me eat b ...
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Ben H.
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I’ve mentioned before that my favorite fruit is mangoes. So I was very happy when the National Mango Board contacted me t ...
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Ben H.
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It’s already spring, but we are still having some chilly days in our corner of the world. And though I am ready for s ...
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Ben H.
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Who doesn’t like lasagna? It is one of my favorite dishes because you can make so much with it, from the most authentic recipes ...
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Ben H.
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A couple of posts back I wrote about my struggle with eating regular and healthy meals. Lunch is many times the meal that I ...
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Ben H.
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I am not a big fan of beef, but the few times I eat it is in the form of carne asada o cecina tacos. What is cecina? Don C ...
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Ben H.
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In the West, we live such busy lives that sometimes we forget the importance of eating. Yes, we regard eating (you know, t ...
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Ben H.
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It is in the air. The cold weather is finally gone (hopefully). There’s a big expectation in the air and, most importantly, the ...
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Ben H.
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Lately I’ve been posting a lot of taco recipes. With the warmer weather and all that delicious produce available at the store a ...
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Ben H.
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I haven’t been cooking a lot of new dishes these past weeks, just a lot of soups and quick, delicious comfort food. One o ...
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Ben H.
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After a long week of technical difficulties What’s Cooking is finally back! And this time I want to share with you a very ...
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Ben H.
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Again, it’s been a long time since I’ve updated this blog. I feel bad about it, but the last weeks I haven’t been in an “ ...
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