Very Good Recipes of Puerto Rico from The Self-Taught Cook
There are 179 Puerto Rico recipes on the blog The Self-Taught Cook. (180 on all the blogs)
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Book review: the charlatan's boy by jonathan rogers
By The Self-Taught Cook
08/07/12 00:36
The Charlatan's Boy: A Novel by Jonathan Rogers website http://jonathan-rogers.com/ genre Science Fiction & Fantasy/YA Paperback 320 pages Published October 5th 2010 by The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group (first published August 10th 2010) ISBN 0307458229...
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Breakfast sausage casserole
By The Self-Taught Cook
08/06/12 13:00
Guess what? I'm back in Kentucky again! I didn't get enough time up here a couple of weeks ago, so I'm spending another week with my parents and catching up with old friends. Friends from long ago; we're not old. ☺ Anyway, when my plane landed Friday morning,...
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Book review: tidewater inn by colleen coble
By The Self-Taught Cook
08/03/12 08:00
About the Book Welcome to Hope Beach. A place of intoxicating beauty . . . where trouble hits with the force of a hurricane. Inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks could be a dream come true for Libby. The inn cries out for her restorer’s talent...
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Pollo asado a la parrilla (broiled chicken)
By The Self-Taught Cook
08/02/12 12:00
Pollo Asado a la Parrilla (Broiled Chicken) 6 bone-in chicken thighs 1/2 C extra-virgin olive oil 2 Tbsp vinegar 2 Tbsp Adobo 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp garlic powder olive oil cooking spray Mix olive oil, vinegar, Adobo, oregano, and garlic powder. Place chicken...
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Salsa
By The Self-Taught Cook
08/01/12 14:04
Here is one more use for those wonderful Kentucky tomatoes. You can never have too much salsa, IMHO. Traditionally, the modern meaning of salsa is the spicy, tomato-based sauce associated with Mexican cuisine. You would assume that this would be salsa roja,...
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Book review: kentucky green by terry irene blain & book giveaway
By The Self-Taught Cook
08/01/12 11:00
TITLE: Kentucky Green AUTHOR: Terry Irene Blain PUBLISHER: Boroughs Publishing Group April Williamson’s heart calls her across the frontier, but only one man—a handsome army scout with a tormented past—can get her safely to freedom. Synopsis . . . Daniel...
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Easy one pot pasta
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/31/12 13:30
Today is National Jump for Jelly Beans Day. I don't have any recipes using jelly beans, so I'll just share something I made up recently. It was one of those days that I didn't feel like messing up a bunch of pots and pans, and this was the result. Yeah,...
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Happy national cheesecake day! & iPad3 giveaway
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/30/12 12:30
In celebration of National Cheesecake Day, I have decided to post this recipe for Guava Cheesecake. I may not find time to make this today, but I have in the past, and it is ¡muy delícioso! The frozen guava juice concentrate may be a little difficult to...
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Happy national lasagna day
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/29/12 19:51
In honor of National Lasagna Day, I am reposting my lasagna recipe from 06/19/12. LASAGNA ½ lb ground beef 1 tsp salt ½ lb Italian sausage 1/8 tsp pepper 1 clove garlic, minced 2 ½ C tomatoes ½ onion, minced ½ lb mozzarella cheese 1-8oz. can tomato sauce...
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Book review: hound dog blues by virginia brown
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/29/12 06:27
Title: Hound Dog BluesSubTitle:Book 1 of the Blue Suede Memphis MysteriesPublisher:Bell Bridge BooksPub Date:March 01, 2012ISBN:9781611940978 Author: Virginia BrownCategory:FICTION - ADULT: Mystery, Detective, Suspense & Thrillers: Mystery & DetectiveURLs:Amazon.com...
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Another kentucky post: homemade spaghetti sauce using homegrown tomatoes
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/27/12 12:30
Welcome back to another day of homesick ramblings. We still have Kentucky, farm-fresh, homegrown tomatoes, and I'm still finding ways to use them. That may sound like a bad thing to some of you, but I'm happy. Perhaps I'm just easily amused...Anyway, tonight's...
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Book review: the immortality virus by christine amsden
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/26/12 09:30
Title: The Immortality Virus Author: Christine Amsden Email: christine.amsden@yahoo.com Author web site: http://www.christineamsden.com Publisher: Twilight Times Books url: http://twilighttimesbooks.com/ ISBN: 978-1-60619-003-6 Genre: Science Fiction Release...
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Book review: the company by chuck graham
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/26/12 03:48
TITLE: THE COMPANY AUTHOR: Chuck Graham TO PURCHASE THE COMPANY About the Book . . . A meteor strike plunges the world into darkness. A stranger to the village of Brigos Glen restores power and light, supplied by three businesses, known as “The Company,”...
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Sauteed summer squash
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/25/12 13:28
Here is yet another story from our Kentucky trip. We were on our way to Cave-in-Rock State Park in Illinois on Monday when we stopped at Brumfield Farm Market in Madisonville, KY. I had never been there before, but my mother had heard that they had Serendipity...
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Till we eat again by judy gruen
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/24/12 15:57
Title:Till We Eat AgainSubTitle:A Second HelpingPublisher:CreateSpacePub Date:May 21, 2012ISBN:9781470118112Author:Judy GruenCategory:NONFICTION - ADULT: Biography & AutobiographyURLs:author web site : click herebook web site : click herelanding page for...
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To-may-to, to-mah-to; it's all good! - mamaw's homemade tomato catsup
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/24/12 12:00
A ccording to Wikipedia, the tomato is botanically a fruit, but is considered a vegetable fI or culinary purposes. It originated in South America and was spread by the Spanish during their colonization of North America. It is thought that the tomato was...
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Yes, you can go home again: aunt barbara's cherry salad
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/23/12 12:30
A brief explanation for my recent absence: You may have noticed that the Self-Taught Cook has been rather silent lately. I have been unable to blog very often due to health problems and family obligations, but things are getting better and I have returned...
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Book review: tandem by tracey bateman
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/20/12 19:46
Title: TANDEM Author: TRACEY BATEMAN ISBN: 9780307457172 Release: 10.5.2010 Fiction - Christian - Suspense About This Book . . . As obsession and loss become dark partners, how far must the people of Abbey Hills go to survive? Six months ago, brutal murders...
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Book review: inescapable by nancy mehl
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/20/12 04:04
INESCAPABLE by NANCY MEHL About the Book: Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, Kingdom, Kansas, with plans never to return. But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she's...
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Book review: love in disguise by carol cox
By The Self-Taught Cook
07/12/12 08:11
Love in DisguiseCarol Cox ISBN:978-0-7642-0955-0Number of pages:352 Publication Date: Jun. 2012 Formats: Paperback About the Author . . . Native Arizonan Carol Cox has an abiding love for history, mystery, and romance. The author of more than 25 books,...
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