Cuban. Born and raised in Miami and 3/4 Cubano I am biologically compelled. Flan, Tres Leches, Yucca Frita, Bistec Palomilla, Arroz con Pollo, Lechon Asado, Plantanos Maduro o Tostones, Cafe Cubano...and how could I ever forget...

during the same day. Cafe de la Presse is a possibility, and that place that was downstairs from Beckett’s before it was Beckett’s — Metro something? But these are exceptions proving the rule. I’m not sure...

2004 Clos De Bois. Under $20

ambience and certain server competence. Does jfood want Flo from Mel’s Diner describing foie gras and truffles? not really. Does he want the MOD of Chateau de Snoot taking a hunk of pie from under the plastic cover while...

-i would have to say my martini glasses.. i don’t drink and wouldn’t know how to make a martini. -my slow cooker..i love it and keep meaning to actually use it. -my extensive collection of spices, some of which i...

of "poudre de Je ne sais quoi". I spent the rest of the meal trying to pick up on a taste of the damned crap! Ruined it! Just ruined it. Which is not to say I won’t answer questions... Obviously I’m just plain...

deeply that it was wrong. The drink sizes are out of control. Here, I would feel like a freak ordering any more than one of those tiny 8 ounce bottles of coke at one sitting. In the US, you get free refills on a 64 ounce soda!...

the Terra Red Bliss Roasted Garlic and Parmesan chips (my current fave chip), the chocolate dulche de leche balls, and the Mint Chocolate Cookie Joys. Someone asked where I got them, and when I told her she said, "Ah, Trader...

in this context. I orchestrated such a mixed Jewish-Asian celebration banquet some years ago, with considerable culinary success, in a private home—the piece de resistance being a whole Filipino-style suckling pig that got...

Vallarta’s tres leches cake, and their prepared food is not too shabby, wither. Not the best, but good and affordable

sorting out any issue. I just would be happier if restaurants put different dishes on the menu instead of standards. Ordering patterns and staying in business don’t allow that. I worked in Mexico a year and was recently...

is changing enough every day as it is. Shrug your shoulders and get on with life. There are more important things to worry about. Stress and joie de vivre do not mix well. If you’re already stressed about it, you’re...

Here it goes: 1. Backdoor Bakery – for pastries and their Apple Ugly Muffin 2. Cafe Tropical – Espresso con Leche, por favor 3. Zankou Chicken – GARLIC! 3. Casa Bianca – Pizza that I always crave but rarely...

several cups of hot cafe con leche. But then the burn in my stomach started (and I’m talking chile burn—not heartburn or a stomach ache—but deep internal organ, inflamed liver, ulcer inducing burn). It lasted...

complement the dinner well. Desserts: Uh, nothing succeeds like excess. 1 cake, 1 kugel, 1 cheesecake, 7 pies, + cookies for 16 people. Tres Leches Cake and Banana Cream Pie were the standouts. I guess breakfast is set, afterall....