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Your favorite fast food place might now deliver

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The “dead of winter” (whatever that is) has set in and we have become people who run from place to place in order to get out of the cold. The puniest of us use auto-start to warm up our cars, exercise indoors and shop at warehouse stores so we won’t have to shop for the Read More

BL Top 5 drinks of 2011

Tabulated from our Friday Night Cocktails Series… Of all the drinks we’ve shared with you this past year the following five are your favorite.

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As the size of the Latino population in the U.S. grows, marketing tactics and products that have the potential to speak to us are being used more by companies. The most recent brand to embrace the combination of American productions with a Latino twist is General Mills. In January (just one week away), Dulce de Read More

Soda’s evil twin: fruit juice

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- via Mamiverse.com Imagine eating a 5-pound bag of sugar. Now multiply that by nine. If you’re living in the United States, that’s likely what you consumed last year. Not in one sitting, of course. The average American consumes an average of 45 pounds of the white stuff annually. And given the high obesity rates Read More

Loco for coquito

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- via NY Daily News Move over, eggnog. Coquito, a traditional Puerto Rican coconut milk-based cocktail, is fast becoming New York’s libation of choice during the holidays. Usually enjoyed on Christmas Eve, coquito — Spanish for “little coconut” — has expanded its reach and can now commonly be found at parties from Thanksgiving through Three Read More

What to do with those Thanksgiving leftovers

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- via News Taco Thanksgiving, a day of family, fun and most of all food. It is inevitable that you will have leftovers that can feed you for the next week. But it can be boring to eat them the same way every day. If leftover sandwiches aren’t your thing or if you’re on day Read More

Latino Thanksgiving: pumpkin flan

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- via My Latino Voice Alas, it’s Pavo time and requests are in for My Latino Voice’s favorite Thanksgiving recipe, Pumpkin Flan. Get your ingredients together and go out and buy that pressure cooker that you are so afraid of (there’s no need for concern if you monitor it….’can’t leave pots on an active stove Read More

Chorizo and corn bread stuffing

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BL Cooks – via The Huffington Post Award winning chef, author, Food Networks television star and restauranteur Aaron Sanchez shares his Mexican-inspired Thanksgiving corn bread stuffing recipe.

Decadence: Whipped cream made with coconut milk- Oh my!

- via Instructables.com Forget the whipping cream, especially for the lactose intolerant, coconut milk makes a great substitute for whipping cream and your results will last longer.  And who doesn’t love coconut anything?

Try beer mac and cheese, bean chili at your football party

Leo Dominguez, Levy Restaurants’ executive chef at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, offers two recipes to help you get ready for your football party. Go all the way with beer cheese mac and cheese or try the tasty healthy alternative, chicken and white bean chili.