About The Blog

It doesn’t need to be Tuesday to have taco night. If there is one taco dish that everyone in my family can agree on, it’s my fish tacos....

When I lived in Daly City, we would take a short 10 minute drive to La Tapatia to get the best carnitas. They have these big cazos...

Crab season starts soon and I am lucky to live in the San Francisco Bay Area where come fall, those fresh Dungeness crabs make their...

Burrata is a cheese with an outer layer is solid but inside is creamy. This dish is simple yet delicious. You won’t be able to put your...

Enchiladas. Well what else tops a yummy tortilla dipped in chili sauce, then shallow fried and stuffed with cheesy goodness. In the state...

Here’s my thing. I’m not a plain vegetable person. If I see a carrot stick, I’m looking for the ranch. My zucchini needs hella butter....

Arroz con Ajo The perfect white rice... some add salt , some add butter, others add oil. Some even add cream cheese. I first tried garlic...

If you grew up in the peninsula, then you know for the best chicken wings you go to Sky Dragon in South San Francisco. They are shaped...

Yes to the craze of birria served in a multitude of ways. This recipe is a cross between a quesadilla and a birria. Traditional birria...

Nothing like Pozole for a special occasion like birthdays, Christmas, and of course Mexican Independence Day. It comes in a variety of...

Tacos. How many ways can you have them? The ingredients, the toppings, the sauces are endless. This recipe takes me away to a resort...

One of my favorite meals my mom would cook was flautas (flutes in English). They are rolled up tortillas filled with chicken, fried to a...

Weekdays can be time restraining when it comes to cooking dinner, especially after long day of work, commuting or hustling kids to and...

As a kid nothing was more delicious for breakfast than a slice of white bread with cajeta (sweet condensed goat milk). So simple, yet you...

I didn't have the honor of meeting my paternal grandma Angelina- known by Gela, but I hear she was a wonderful chef and always had food...

Ahh Ceviche and its many versions. This one is an homage to my mom. My first memories of her ceviche was when we would go to Calistoga Spa