Crockpot Cochinita (Puerco) Pibil: Yucatecan-style Pork with a Telenovela Twist

June 14, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer - Maoomba-in-chief · 2 Comments

The last place I expected to find a good recipe for Cochinita Pibil, was in the comments of an English-language website that recaps Spanish-language telenovelas. If you’re asking yourself how I wound up reading the comments on that site, I have both an easy and a more complicated answer for you. The easy answer is [...]

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Flavor Bible to the Rescue (AKA Awesome Broccoli Soup)

March 29, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer - Maoomba-in-chief · 6 Comments

I teach a class called Friday Night Fridge Finds on ChefHangout.com.  The premise behind it is that we – people in general – often wind up at the end of the week without much food in the fridge or motivation to cook, but we can still come up with a healthy, tasty, and easy-to-prepare meal. [...]

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How do I love thee, citrus? Let me count the ways!

February 2, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer - Maoomba-in-chief · Leave a Comment

I had a completely different plan in mind for this week’s blog post than what I ended up writing - like a lot of people, I was going to make something “Super Bowl-ish”.  The thing is, I’m not much of a football fan.  I am crazy about citrus, though. Earlier this week, I went to a [...]

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Sweet Limes – New tastes and new friends

January 20, 2012 by Stormy Sweitzer - Maoomba-in-chief · Leave a Comment

Lemons? Think again. These are sweet Palestinian limes… When I went to the Mexican market the other day, I saw some for the first time.  I picked one up and nonchalantly tossed it into my cart to try later.  I looked up to see an older couple watching me.  I winked and walked away. Moments later, [...]

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