Recipes

Jump To Recipe Ever since I was in middle school, I’ve been trying to figure out the best approach to a chocolate truffle recipe. The sugar bombs I made back then used sweetened condensed milk and chocolate with minuscule amounts of cacao. They’d probably taste cloying and, well, gross to my adult palate, like a …

Jump To Recipe Who ever said you can’t have cookies for breakfast? Ever since quarantine started, the most consistent part of my days has been a cup of coffee each morning. And later, a cookie (or three) after dinner. Other than my Peruvian pancake recipe, this coffee chocolate cookie recipe has become one of the …

The national drink of Dominican Republic is nothing like marijuana. I promise. It sure sounds like it, especially if you’re speaking quickly, but don’t get the two confused— marijuana is a drug and mamajuana is a drink. In fact, this is a mamajuana recipe, and quite likely the most straightforward one you’ll find. So let’s …

On a whim, my first attempt at chocolate making occurred in three rounds, and its purpose was to figure out which milk powder I like best in my milk chocolate. These are the results, as well as the ratios if you choose to follow along at home. Building a Recipe For Chocolate Once I obtained …

This is my favorite food to make at work. My internship is in a chocolate factory, but when I’m there, I love to make rice with spice. About the Recipe Though the winner of favorite Peruvian food goes to Aji de Gallina, a creamy onion chicken dish, my favorite dessert here is definitely Arroz con …

Awhile back I posted my list of goals for age twenty, and one of the more mundane ones was to memorize a pancake recipe. While working in the kitchen at the Chocolate Museum in Ollantaytambo, I found myself with the perfect opportunity to memorize such a recipe. Even though I’m living in a city at …