Growing up my mom would make what my grandfather & father would call ’scroll & beans. For those not familiar with this language ...

I've been eating this black bean soup since Saturday & I'm happily having it for lunch again, today. Granted I made enough to...

Last night I made this chili . We both got home late, so I started cooking late so we ate kind of late but the chili cooked pretty quickly...

How was our vacation already more than a month ago? Is it me or does life always seem a bit easier, a bit lighter when it’s spent at the...

The cookbook, The Food of Latin America: Gran Cocina Latina by Marciel E. Presilla has become a fast favorite for me. Not only is it writ...

I've always been a fan of pasta e fagioli (often butchered by Italian-Americans like myself as something that sounds like pasta fazo...

This past weekend was pretty low key. On Saturday night we dinned on some Cuban beans , yellow rice & shrimp.  Check out my recipe f...