The 13 Best Latin Food Trucks!

By The Latin Kitchen | 06/15/2013 - 11:00 |

The 13 Best Latin Food Trucks

Food trucks used to be convenience food, a last effort to get food in your stomach in the fleeting free moments of a hectic day. But nowadays, trucks are mobile gourmets, dishing up the best bites in a casual setting and luckily, many trucks have Latin food on the menu.

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18 Traditional Puerto Rican Recipes

By The Latin Kitchen | 06/06/2013 - 12:37 |

18 Traditional Puerto Rican Recipes
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The Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City offers the perfect opportunity to celebrate the bounty of Puerto Rican cuisine. If you've ever had Latin food from the Caribbean, you know just how delectable traditional dishes can be, and you just might find something familiar here to re-create in your home kitchen.

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8 Refreshing Aguas Frescas To Cool Off This Summer

By The Latin Kitchen | 06/01/2013 - 12:00 |

Aguas Frescas

Agua fresca (Spanish for fresh water) is a light, non-alcoholic drink served by street vendors, in bodegas, and at eateries throughout Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, as well as Mexican cafés and taquerias around the U.S. They are made by combining fresh fruits, grains, seeds, and even flowers, with sugar and water.

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The Best Latin Snacks for Brown-Bag-It Day!

By The Latin Kitchen | 05/25/2013 - 09:00 |

Brown Bag it Day

Today, in honor of National Brown-Bag-It Day, we pay homage to our favorite Latin brown bag bites, the favorites of our childhood and our most indulgent food memories: medialunas, chivitos, churros, and empanadas to name a few.

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7 Cocktails to Spice Up Any Boring Memorial Day BBQ

By Dan Koday | 05/24/2013 - 16:36 | 0 Comments

Memorial Day weather won't be the only thing heating up if you add these delicious and spicy cocktails to the weekend's BBQ menu. Looking for some more Memorial Day party ideas, including, cocktails, food & entertaining tips? Head on over to thelatinkitchen.com! 

MORE: 10 Signs You're at a Latino BBQ

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Junior Merino for Avocados from Mexico

Avocado Mezcal Cocktail

This refreshing frozen drink created by chef Junior Merino balances out its heat with smoky mezcal.

Ingredients

  • 1 avocado from Mexico, halved, pitted & peeled
  • 6 ounces white mezcal
  • 6 ounces fresh lime juice
  • 4 ounces light agave nectar
  • 3 ounces Midori
  • 2 ounces Cointreau

 

In a blender, combine all ingredients; whirl until combined. Add 2 cups of ice and blend until smooth. Serve in a glass rimmed with Junior Merino’s Cactus & Lemongrass Rimmer. Garnish with avocado wedge pressed in Junior Merino’s Hibiscus Rose Rimmer.

Yield: 4 cocktails

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The 7 Grossest Fast Food Picks You Don’t Want To Eat

By Irina Gonzalez | 05/23/2013 - 17:38 | 0 Comments

We don’t think there’s anything wrong with a little fast food craving once in a while but, unfortunately, you can take it go overboard sometimes. It’s not your fault, though. Some restaurants just take things too far—like these 7 fast food picks that we’re classifying as the grossest foods you definitely don’t want to eat. Now, some of these have pretty big followings but, trust us, these weird, gross and otherwise unhealthy fast food menu options should definitely stay off your radar—and out of your stomach.

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Taco Bell's Waffle Taco

The Mexican fast food giant is currently testing what they're calling the "waffle taco", a low-priced breakfast menu that features a sausage patty and scrambled eggs folded into a waffle. It's available at only a few locations in California so we haven't been able to try it yet, but the combination is enough to make me gag already.

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