Friday, March 16, 2018

A Spoonful of Sofrito: Humans were meant to eat insects!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: A pinch of advice that will add a lot of flavor to your life.

Humans were meant to eat insects!


Sofrito Lovers,

Humans were meant to eat insects. You can choose to disagree all you want, but science says different!  I know that it sounds incredibly disgusting, but as someone who has eaten fried tarantulas (an arachnid not insect) and chocolate covered ants, I'm totally down!

Okay, control your gag reflex, it's not that bad!  Check out the article below from Men's Health Magazine and read about how insects are our primate protein of choice.

Read and then go taste for yourself...okay, then don't!  ¡Buen Provecho!



Humans Were Meant to Eat Insects, So Here's How to Try Them Out

Yep, you're hardwired to digest crickets, beetles, and other bugs, according to a new study.



BY MARY BROPHY MARCUS JANUARY 29, 2018

Crunchy cricket tacos anyone? If the idea sounds stomach-turning, consider new research that shows humans are meant to eat bugs. Well, insects to be exact.

Rutgers researchers found that insects were the food of choice for our early primate ancestors and that we 21st century humans — among other modern day primates — are still made to eat and digest termites, crickets, beetles, and their ilk.



Wednesday, March 14, 2018

A Spoonful of Sofrito: Foods To Avoid Buying At All Costs!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: A pinch of advice that will add a lot of flavor to your life.

Foods To Avoid Buying At All Costs!


Sofrito Lovers,

Do you love cow shit in your ice cream?  Do you want to get Salmonella poisoning from your salad? Do you want to get Diabetes from eating Reduced fat Peanut butter? Yeah, me neither, that's way you need to check out the Mashed video posted below!

Processed and packaged food can be amazing, but some of it is pure death and destruction.  After watching the video below, I've decided to make better choices at the market!  Watch and carefully taste for yourself!  ¡Buen Provecho!



 

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

A Spoonful of Sofrito: Lush Midtown Restaurant Nails Ropa Vieja, Cuba’s National Dish!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: A pinch of advice that will add a lot of flavor to your life.

Lush Midtown Restaurant Nails Ropa Vieja, Cuba’s National Dish!


Sofrito Lovers,

Finding good Cuban food in New York City is a challenge! That's why I got excited when I saw the article posted below from Eater.com. Good Ropa Vieja?  Yes sir, I'm there!

I've heard of Victor's Cafe, but have never visited.  You all know that I'm an uptown boy and I rarely dine downtown, but if the Ropa Vieja (Stewed shredded beef) at Victor's Cafe is has good as Ryan Sutton says, then I'm heading down to Midtown on the next D train! 

Check out the article below and see if it sparks your interest the way it did mine!  Go taste for yourself!  ¡Buen provecho!


Lush Midtown Restaurant Nails Ropa Vieja, Cuba’s National Dish

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Victor Cafe’s version of the pulled beef dish is clean and balanced

by Ryan Sutton Mar 9, 2018, 12:29pm EST 


On Eater’s list of 38 essential New York restaurants, a Cuban spot recently made the cut. I was hoping it would be Guantanamera, but Victor’s Cafe, which Robert Sietsema calls the city’s “most luxurious and venerable Cuban restaurant,” ended up winning out for now. It was a solid choice.

Victor del Corral, who ran restaurants in and around Havana before emigrating to the states, opened his namesake venue in 1963 on the Upper West Side. “Featuring robust Cuban food at affordable prices, the restaurant was routinely packed with an assortment of New Yorkers, including graying beatniks and Lincoln Center concertgoers as well as Cuban expatriates,” the New York Times wrote in its 2006 obituary for Del Corral. Victor’s relocated to its current home on 52nd street in 1980, where it’s currently run by Del Corral’s daughter and granddaughter, Sonia and Monica Zaldivar. 
 

Monday, March 12, 2018

A Spoonful of Sofrito: 6 Hearty Chili Recipes!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: A pinch of advice that will add a lot of flavor to your life.

6 Hearty Chili Recipes!


Sofrito Lovers,

Another Nor'Easter  is heading our way and the only way to combat the cold is with a nice steamy bowl of Chili! Whether you're braving the cold or hunkering down at home, a nice bowl of ground beef, spices, and tomato sauce will surely warm those frost bitten bones.  I think Chili is the only way to survive the winter!

Try out the 6 amazing Chili recipes from the Tasty video posted below!  You won't regret it! Don't take my word for it go taste for yourself!  ¡Buen provecho!