Hey, American South, look what is happening: A new cuisine is emerging, born of Southern and Latino cultures. Que? Tamales stuffed with greens, corn ice cream topped with hot praline sauce, brownies with chile, sweet potato and plaintain casserole. Welcome to El Nuevo South. The ingredients of our people are joyfully intermingling with traditional Southern [...]

The husband and I have been eating mostly vegetarian for several weeks now. The husband has even given up dairy. I do not believe life is worth living without goat cheese, manchego and ice cold milk. We have felt good and we’ve lost a few pounds. Enter, Papi from Miami…with a gigantic box filled with [...]

There were countless Saturday mid-mornings when I would open my bedroom door and up my nose would waft the smell of chicharrones, my younger brother’s snack-of-choice. It just wasn’t the aroma I needed before noon, but my brother was addicted. I thought of him first when I accepted the free bags of chicharinas and cinammon [...]

My apologizies to email subscribers of the Boonie Blog. You are getting links to old posts and I have no idea how to fix it. It seems Feedburner gets un poco loco when you transfer a feed from one site to another and regurgitates the past. I have found several complaints in their help forum, [...]

My husband and I used to entertain a lot. A lot. And often, on the fly and a half-dozen times, it was lechon asado for a hundred. Since Maria was born I could probably count on two hands how many times we have prepared feasts for our friends. Que pena. This weekend, there were 17 [...]

So, while I am pretty good multi-tasker, I am a weak meal planner. We eat well and healthy, but I get into a rut. Now, there is potential in this World Wide Latin Web to find menu inspiration through el Tiki Tiki Blog. Mira, the idea is you tell me what’s on your menu this [...]

Happy Monday. I hope the sun is shining and the birds singing wherever you are. It is bright and beautiful in the Boonies — a lovely reward for the gray season we have endured. The only negative I’ve got going on: The floor in my office is covered with folders for unfinished business taxes. The  mess [...]

Happy Monday. I hope the sun is shining and the birds singing wherever you are. It is bright and beautiful in the Boonies — a lovely reward for the gray season we have endured. The only negative I’ve got going on: The floor in my office is covered with folders for unfinished business taxes. The  mess [...]

We woke up here Sunday morning to powdery snow. It was beautiful, but I covered my head with the blankets again. I long for Spring, warm breezes and nesting baby birds.  Aye. The snow has mostly melted, but it’s still freezing here in the Boonies. And, I am beginning to think of myself as Jack Nicholson [...]

New for 2009: Dulce de Leche Girl Scout Cookies! Deliriously happy over here about this cookie made of my favorite flavor in the world.  Seriously. I have two boxes coming from a little Girl Scout friend all the way in Colorado. Bless her mother for telling me about it this weekend. Here is a recipe using [...]