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Classic Spanish Flan
Ok, so I have a second food and movie reference. One of my favorite scenes in Volver – another Pedro Almodóvar where food features prominently — is of Penelope Cruz carrying a metal pale full of flan! I’d never seen flan served that way. Flan or crème caramel, is one of my favorite desserts. Creamy…
Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk
Fall is in the air! And we all know what that means — squash (pumpkin being a squash) and soup! I’ve been waiting to make this soup all summer and as soon as the temperature dipped into the 60s here in the Bay Area, I roasted my first butternut squash of the season. Even though…
Spanish-Style Bread with Tomato Puree (Pan Con Tomate)
There is so much to admire in Spanish cuisine, from the innovativeness to the inspired use of humble ingredients. Another thing that impressed us about Spanish food is there penchant to not waste anything. Stale bread is added to gazpacho. Over-ripe tomatoes are turned into gazpacho or rubbed all over said stale bread — creating…
