UPDATE 6/27/2022: WE HAVE A WINNER!! First, let me explain how I choose the winner. I take all the entries from each of the posts I produce: Blog, Instagram, & Facebook. Then I use the Random Number Generator to give me the number of the winner in each place. Then I narrow down the winners and again randomly choose a winner. It's as fair as ...
Food and Drink
Cafe La Llave Brings the Brunch Together
This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own. 9/21/2022 UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Tanya!Tanya says April 12, 2022 at 5:20 pm (Edit)I’ve been drinking coffee since I was about five. I drink about two cups a day. Real all the ...
The Quinces Celebration Continues With Some Friends from Miami & NY
I often say, "I'm the luckiest," and I totally feel like that's true. I was in Miami in December of 2019, - before the plague hit - and had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking and eating and hanging (and eating some more) with Chef Mike Beltran at his fabulous restaurant, Ariete, along with Nick Jimenez, the creator of Pan con ...
The Quest for Authentic Chimichurri – Cocina Knows
UPDATE: 12/7/2020 – COMMENTS CLOSED – WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations to Ofe Polack, the winner of the three jars of Authentic Argentinian Natal Chimichurri! Please send me an email with your mailing address so I can send out your chimichurri ASAP! Be sure to bookmark the We Are Cocina brand for great recipes and shopping! Also, ...
For The Love of Sazón, IMUSA, and Cafe La Llave
UPDATE: 10/31/2020 – COMMENTS CLOSED – WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations to Rose Mary Talavera, the winner of the Imusa/Cafe La Llave Cafetera Set! Please send me an email with your mailing address so we can get your Cafetera Set out to you ASAP! Congratulations! Also, let me remind you that "For The Love of Sazón" also ran this amazing ...
My Life Runs on Cafe La Llave
UPDATE: 10/17/2020 – COMMENTS CLOSED – WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations to Maria E. Prieto, the winner of the Breville Espresso Maker, 4 boxes of Café La Llave espresso pods, and 2 Café La Llave tacitas - all courtesy of Cafe La Llave.Please send an email with your mailing address so we can get your fabulous box of Cafe La Llave goodies out ...
Burger Beast For the Win
UPDATE: 10/11/2020 - COMMENTS CLOSED - WE HAVE 2 WINNERS! We have 1 winner for the Burger Beast Honey Mustard Curry and a tasty bag of popcorn. And 1 winner for the Burger Beast Sauce with Guava Sriracha Ketchup and some delicious popcorn.Please send an email with your mailing addres and I will forward to the Burger Beast himself, who will ...
Cafe LaLlave in K-Cups and All My Wishes Have Come True
It's a lot of fun to be on this side of the blogging wall between a new company roll out and giving the customers a head's up. Which is where I find myself today. Drum roll, please.******** Cafe La Lave is finally available in beautiful and practical K-cups. Yay! We already own an espresso maker and use the smaller espresso pods regularly, ...
Dos Croquetas For All
It was my very great honor to have been one of the judges at the annual Croquetapalooza event in Miami last December. I was invited by my friend, Sef Gonzalez, of Burger Beast Fame. This Grand Celebration of All Things Croqueta happened at the beginning of December 2019 and I came home and headed straight into ...
Peach and Apricot Grunt Recipe
It's the first day of summer and because of recent events, we are ready to get outside and start our summer in earnest. Well, we have filled the little 10 ft. pool in the backyard and hung the outdoor lights and are ready to do some movie nights and do some outdoor dinners and eat some delicious summer foods. And by summer foods, I mean fruit. Do ...
