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Spanish/Cuban cooking. I am a former restaurant owner and I studied 2 years at Le Cordon Bleu in Tokyo. I started cooking for my family at age 10, so I have 30 years of experience in the kitchen.
Masa is corn flour sold under the name Masa Harina and you can find it in any Spainish grocery. Shortening is solid vegetable oil but you can use lard for a better tortilla. American recipes like to
Just because a tradition is ancient doesn't mean it's not still practiced. Aspirin is one of the oldest drugs known to man--the original wonder drug since 600 B.C. but we still take it today. Marriage
I'm astonished that you don't know the Spanish words for common spices when you are allegedly teaching the language. This leads me to believe that either this is a homework question or you are the most
Here's a similar recipe: 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup tomato sauce 2 cups strong
To me, the word bistec means beefsteak which can be prepared any number of ways. I would be delighted to try your recipe if you were good enough to share it, and I would share my input for a name. Are

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