Chicheme: Panamanian Maize drink

Chicheme: Panamanian Maize drink

Rice with squid

Hello! Today's recipe is quite simple and full of flavor. It is inspired on Panamanian cuisine, but also Spanish. We just got back a few weeks ago from our anual trip to Cadiz and for 15 days our diet is almost entirely fish and seafood based... Although here in Spain a rice with squid is …

Brandade de morue (cod brandade)

A classic but terribly comforting and delicious dish

Couscous with lamb and vegetables

When I first arrived to Madrid and meet my in-laws my mother in law used to make the best couscous ever. Last week I tried to emulate her recipe and although the result probably wasn’t as good as hers, it was pretty good... I hope you enjoy this version, following the Moroccan style. Ingredients Lamb …

Green plantain quenelle with sweated corvina. Recipe from Darien, Panama

My mother's side of the family is from Darién and Colombia. My grandmother, Mama Elsa, was born in Jaqué, a little village located on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Jaqué River. Due to the Darién Gap of the Pan American Highway, for many years the only way to get there was by …

Quick Boeuf bourguignon

Happy 2018! Please forgive my tardiness in posting. Apparently, I’m not too much of a blogger lately. I still cook and take pictures, but time and duties seem to always get in the way... Boeuf Bourgignon is one of those recipes that seems to take forever to cook, but there’s actually a quick way to do …

Pumpkin flan

  Hi, how are you doing? Today's recipe is very simple, perfect for this time of year when pumpkin is the star. After Halloween and while getting ready for thanksgiving, this flan is ideal as a final touch for any dinner or family meal. The crystallized lemon is a plus of decoration and flavor, and …

Panamanian Johnnycakes

My most recent incursion into the Panamanian cuisine are these delicious johnny cakes or journey cakes. My mother had already told me about them before, but I've never tried them and have to confess that I could not stop eating them. They are typical from the province of Bocas del Toro, one of the most …

Lemon cookies, Summer cookies!

In Spain they have the barbarous custom (I have always thought so) that on your Name day or your birthday  you are the one who pays and invites!!! (isn't it ironic?) Well, these cookies were made for my husband to invite his colleagues on his (and mine) Name day, June 24th, St. John's. Do you …

Prawns with recao verde cream

Today's recipe tastes like Panama. I'm quite sure that if you are Panamanian, when you try it, you'll give me the reason. When I was a child and living in Panama, the recao verde was bought at "Sr. Santos", in the vegetable stall on the corner of my street. Many years later, the stall is still there, …