Introduction to Cooking
 

• glossary: definitions of common Latin American ingredients
• lard:How to render lard
• annato oil: What is it and how to make it
• stock: How to make chicken and beef stock
• tortilla: How to make flour and corn tortillas plus tortilla soup
• oven temperatures: How to convert from farenheit, to celsius, to gas mark
• equivalents: How to convert from teaspoon to tablespoons to cups
• metric: How to convert cups to mililiters

  Recipes by Country

• argentina: Beef Stew in a Pumpkin Shell
• basque: oxtail, pil pil
• columbia: Rabbit Stew with Coconut
• cuba: salad, chicken with okra, fried cow, lamb shanks, beans
• equador: Chicken in Egg and Almond Sauce
• filipino: chicken and pork adobo
• mexico1: carnita recipes (shredded spiced beef)
• mexico2: drunken roast turkey
• nicaragua: 2 traditional drinks, bean side dish, oxtail stew entree, picos
• spain: paella valencia

  General Latino Cooking

• rice: Chicken & Rice Variations

soups: Nicaraguan chayote soup, Equador fanesca soup, Chile cabbage soup
• sandwich: Latino sandwiches
• strata: Latin - American style chile strata
• platano: Fried plantains and mofongo
• ropa vieja - shredded Cuban beef

  Latino Desserts

• central: traditional desserts from Central America
• cake: Dried fruit (and optional rum ) cake
• ice cream: Mexican Fried Ice Cream,

  Other Recipes

• panetone: Bread Machine Recipe:  Italian Christmas bread
• biscotti: My own pecan biscotti creation
• nutroll: Breakfast cake with nuts and raisins
• chip: Awesome chocolate chip cookie recipe
• popovers: Egg based muffin shaped bread product
• focaccia: Italian flat bread, similar to a pizza crust
• walnut:  Chineses chicken and walnuts 

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