Cooking Mama

First stop, Willy’s Pincho! So, what is a Pincho? Well, simply put it is meat on a stick that is grilled over charcoal, Puerto Rican-style (not to be confused with a Kebab) usually served with a side of Pan Sobao (sweet bread) and homemade hot sauce. Located 15 minutes from downtown San Juan, it is totally worth the short trip to the nearby city of Bayamon. Be sure to wear a comfortable pair of shorts, flip flops, and a t-shirt – this place is the farthest from fancy you could ever get. As…

Bessara of Fava Bean from Morocco Serving size: 1 Servings per Recipe: 4 Calories: 357 Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 1. Garlic- 2 cloves, slightly crushed 2. Split Fava Beans- 2 cups 3. Vegetable oil- 2 tbsp. 4. Water-3 cups 5. Cumin Powder- 2 teaspoons 6. Tahini- 2 teaspoons 7. Harissa- 1 teaspoon 8. Lemon- squeezed juice and zest separately 9. Salt- 2 teaspoon 10. Paprika to taste 11. Olive oil- 1 tablespoon Nutritional Information: 1. Total Fat – 24.6g 2. Sodium- 335.6g 3. Total…

The Chemistry of Baking If there is one thing in the world that brings people together, it is food. No matter who a person may be, or what their background is, everyone can enjoy an excellently crafted dish. In particular, many people enjoy selections of pastries, sweets, and bread. There are hundreds to thousands of crafted desserts and bread around the world. When a person first bites into a macaroon, slice of asiago bread, or a perfectly-shaped chocolate chip cookie, they might not consider…

Pitch: You come home from a long day of work, ready to fix your family dinner. But as you open the fridge, those chicken wings that you’ve been saving have rotten, and now your left with an odor and food gone to waste. Many cooks at home can relate to the issue. As rotten food contributes to the food waste problem in the country, your hard-earned money is thrown away. Spoiled is the solution to your problem as well as decreasing waste in the food system. It is a mobile app that tracks and…

upon a major that fits my desire to serve the Lord and my community. My major is Culinary Arts, or the study and practice of preparing food, so that it provides needed nutrition, tastes good, is pleasant to view, and above all, is safe to consume. Cooking has always been a major part of my life, and because of this, I have decided to dedicate my life into providing an excellent service to those who need it. I want to be able to prepare food for those who are hungry; I wish to pray over every…

business was made up of dishwashing jobs and working long hours in the kitchen in order to pay bills. Little did I know that it was a whole other world filled with imagination and flavors that can only be created with dedication and passion. When cooking is done the right way, senses are opened up, cultures are brought to reality, and the true beauty of flavors are enlightened with every dish. To this day, in the culinary field, many techniques, ingredients, styles, and cooks are known. However,…

Imagine enjoying the comforts of one's home; simply dining with the family protected by any and every outside discomfort. Then imagine deciding to leave this behind in efforts to defend a nation that great patriotic feelings have been developed towards.. Author and professor, James M. McCaffrey, wrote the well researched book Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846–1848 to portray the war in the “viewpoint of the common soldiers’ experience” (xii). Most authors…

For the purposes of my analysis I have chosen the restaurant scene from Francis Coppola’s “The Godfather”. The reason being is that the scene is intense and sound design plays an immense role in it. The use of it complements the visuals brilliantly and helps the viewer understand what is happening in the characters’ heads. The scene is full of suspense and a balanced mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds accurately underlines that. The whole scene is “framed” by the sound from the…

Lobster, often named the king of seafood, is often seen as one of the most scrumptious seafood delights; yet poses some serious questions in the realm of morality. At least, that is what David Foster Wallace, the author of “Consider the Lobster”, proposes to his readers. He does this through his experience of the Maine Lobster Festival, or MLF, as well as examining the ways in which lobster is handled, prepared, and how people justify these practices. Knowing that the vast majority of lobster is…

3.1 Memorability The brand name of Barracuda is a simple and easily remember brand name represents the central theme of the product. The brand name easy to remember because the meaning of Barracuda is a type of fish and is known by people. Therefore, consumers will think of the product when they see the type of fish or they think of the fish. Thus, the brand name will easily stick in the mind of consumers. Besides that, Barracuda have their own website that is easily recall and search by…