A Spoonful of Sofrito: 15 Great Black Friday Deals on Cool Kitchen Tools!

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

15 Great Black Friday Deals on Cool Kitchen Tools!

Sofrito Lovers,

'Tis the season for Christmas shopping!  Yes sir, now that Thanks-Taking is over it's time to pound the pavement and start shopping for your friends, family, and co-workers!

If you have any foodies in your life, then check out the awesome article below from Grubstreet, which features 15 great Black Friday deals on Kitchen tools.

If your foodie friend is anything like me, then he/she will love these amazing little gadgets; they make cooking super fun and easy.

Hopefully, this post will make your shopping excursion a lot easier and fun! Go taste for yourself! ¡Buen Provecho!

15 Great Black Friday Deals on Cool Kitchen Tools

By Grub Street

It’s Black Friday, which means shopping. Retailers are offering lots of products at great discounts, and while you should stop short of buying every last gadget you can think of, it’s nevertheless a good time to knock a few people off your gift list or, say, finally replace that immersion blender. Here, 15 deals on kitchen gadgets you’ll really, actually use.

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A Spoonful of Sofrito: Kids Try 100 Years of Thanksgiving Dishes

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

Kids Try 100 Years of Thanksgiving Dishes

Sofrito Lovers,

Happy Thanksgiving (Thanks-TAKING!) to everyone that celebrates this problematic foodie holiday. I'll keep this post light and won't mention how this holiday is incredibly racist and disrespectful to Native peoples.  

Instead, I've chosen to share a post from Bon Appetit titled, "Kids Try 100 years of Thanksgiving Dishes", which I thought was funny, adorable, and interesting. Who knew Oyster shooters, pickled walnuts, and Turnip puree were all once popular Thanksgiving (Thanks-TAKING) side dishes?  I find it simultaneously interesting and gross at the same time.

Check out the video below and laugh a little.  Before you gorge yourself on Turkey, Ham, or Pernil, take a minute to think of the people whose lives have been irreversibly and negatively affected by colonialism, exploitation, and racism.  Let's all be thankful for the people fighting to end these horrible -isms! I know I am grateful for them!  They make our world a new more beautiful place!

Go taste for yourself! ¡Buen Provecho!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: Where to Get Your Thanksgiving Turkey, Sides, and More in NYC!

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

Where to Get Your Thanksgiving Turkey, Sides, and More in NYC!

Sofrito Lovers,

If you're too busy, tired, or lazy to cook Thanksgiving (Thanks-Taking more like it) dinner, then check out the post below from GrubStreet. Why cook your own meal when a professional can do it for you? Thanksgiving can be super stressful, why add the anxiety of pleasing a bunch of hungry ungrateful assholes?  Order your bird witjh all the fixings from some restaurant and call it a day!

It's a holiday! Don't spend it in the kitchen! Read the article below, get on your phone, and order your turkey and sides ASAP.  Go taste for yourself! ¡Buen Provecho!

Where to Get Your Thanksgiving Turkey, Sides, and More in NYC

By Chris Crowley

Yes, it’s nice to be chef for the day and make everything for Thanksgiving from scratch. But, also, it’s hard. That’s a lot of food, and sometimes you need a helping hand — or don’t feel like cooking at all — but still want a great meal at home. Or maybe you just need a good turkey, and, oh, a few sides won’t hurt. Whatever, Grub is not here to judge. Also, you’re in luck as a New Yorker: Excellent markets and restaurants around town make it their mission to make your holiday easier by smoking turkeys, baking pies, whipping up sides, and taking care of the whole meal for you.

Turkey, Sides, and More

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A Spoonful of Sofrito: Talenti Tasting Video!

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

Talenti Tasting Video: 
Alphonso Mango!

Sofrito Lovers,

Check out my latest Talenti tasting video!  This week, I taste tested Talenti's Alphonso Mango, did I like it?  Watch and see, then go taste for yourself! ¡Buen Provecho!

A Spoonful of Sofrito: The 38th installment of Sietsema's Three Great Cheap series!

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

The 38th installment of Sietsema's Three Great Cheap series!

 

Sofrito Lovers,

Eater.com 's Robert Sietsema has done it again!  He's found us another set of Cheap Eats around the city so we can fill our bellies and not empty our wallets! 

Sietsema's picks are always incredible!  I'm planning to visit a few of these places this weekend!  I'll let you know what I think; I hope to see you there!  Read, get out there, and go taste for yourself! ¡Buen Provecho!

String Hoppers, Tripe & Pig-Foot Stew, and Other Cut-Rate Culinary Delights
 

The 38th installment of Sietsema's Three Great Cheap series by Robert Sietsema Nov 7, 2016, 2:42pm EST 

 

 
Spicy Lanka — Located along Hillside Avenue’s restaurant row in downtown Jamaica, this rare Sri Lankan treats the cuisine from a halal perspective. The prices are very reasonable, too, considering that the humongous entrees easily feed two. One dish not to be missed is kothu roti, a pyramid fashioned from torn-up shreds of flatbread tossed with slivered vegetables and a main ingredient that runs to egg, chicken, mutton, shrimp, or kingfish. The dish originated in the north of the teardrop-shaped island, once the colony of Ceylon, and the ripped roti will remind you of noodles. Featuring actual noodles, string hoppers are another prize main course: coiled vermicelli that can be matched with any number of curries and chutneys.

 

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A Spoonful of Sofrito: Pho Noodle Soup Challenge!

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

Pho Noodle Soup Challenge!

 

Sofrito Lovers,

You should all know by now that I love tasting videos, food challenges videos, and cooking tutorials with all my foodie heart and soul!  When I first saw the video posted below from Strictly Dumpling, an awesome foodie channel on YouTube, I laughed my ass and decided it needed to be posted!

Hosted by the sexy and hilarious Mike Chen, this video is an homage to both food challenges and to Pho, that incredible Vietnamese beef soup that has become an international soup sensation!  if you've never heard of Pho, then you must watch the video below.

I won't give any more away!  Watch, laugh and then go get some Pho!  Go taste for yourself!  ¡Buen Provecho! 

Check out my favorite Pho place in the Bronx!

Com Tam Ninh-Kieu

A Spoonful of Sofrito: NYC Universal Pasteles Contest!

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

NYC Universal Pasteles Contest!

 

Sofrito Lovers,

Join us on Saturday, November 19th at Sapito's for the 3rd Annual Universal Pasteles Contest!  For the folks not in the know, Pasteles are a Puerto Rican/Caribbean delicacy made of green banana, plantain or yucca (cassava) dough that has been filled with a stewed meat and vegetables and boiled in a platano leaf.  It's like a Mexican Tamal except it isn't made with cornmeal.  They're savory, hearty, and delicious!

Going on its third year, this competition is fun, intense, and entertaining!  There's going to be a panel for traditional and nontraditional pasteles, which means you can sample an extraordinary variety of this delicious dish!

Folks, I hope you join me this Saturday and truly indulge in an amazing culinary cook off!  This is going to be incredible!

COME TASTE FOR YOURSELF! ¡Buen provecho!