What’s in a name? For a a lot of people around the globe, specially for those that do not speak Spanish, tortillas are the corn-based thin flatbread that the Mexicans have popularized the world over. For Spanish speakers tortilla is also the thick Spanish omelette containing potatoes and other ingredients. Many of us Dominicans grew
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Since the dawn of time, people have associated certain foods, fruit and vegetables with sex. The ancient Greeks and Romans who were famous for their bacchanals and orgies even had treatises and writings about the effects of various foods on their libidos. Some of these beliefs, whether true or not, endure to this day. There
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This recipe, although simple-to-cook, adds a whole new dimension to breakfast. Serve with mangú, queso frito (deep fried cheese) and avena caliente for a most authentic Dominican brunch. Time: 15 mins. Serves: 4 Ingredients: 6 eggs 1/2 cup of ham cut into small cubes (optional) 1 large tomato cut into small cubes 1 green pepper
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“Dominicans will eat ANYTHING for breakfast” observed a friend from a European country which shall remain nameless, to protect the guilty. He was watching his Dominican wife tuck into a bowl of soup at the breakfast table. It is true that Dominicans do have some breakfast preferences that to foreign eyes sometimes appear a little
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Aunt Clara's Kitchen is a collection of traditional Dominican recipes, recipes inspired by Dominican flavors, as well as the chronicles of the Aunties' adventures in the kitchen and outside.
