What better way to beat the cold than by partaking in a warm, creamy bowl of rice pudding? Why, partaking in a warm, creamy bowl of rice pudding that someone else prepared.
18 November 2009
9 November 2009
Nom Nom: Boniatillo
By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.
Our mother, who happens to be in possession of the sweet tooth that has proven to be the downfall of so many old, diabetic Cubans missing both their extremities and their afternoon bowls of sweet, syrupy confections, always orders the boniatillo at Versailles.
28 October 2009
Nom Nom: Dia De Los Muertos Cookies
By Alex Alvarez at 10:00 AM.
We are so excited for Dia de los Muertos for a number of reasons and, as such, decided to look up a recipe for this holiday that we could share with y’all.
26 October 2009
Nom Nom: Tortilla Soup
By Alex Alvarez at 2:00 PM.
Autumn has officially set in and, thus, it is now soup-drinking season. While we’ll admit to not particularly being a big fan of soups - we tend to get bored with them half-way though - we are quite fond of the mix of flavors and textures in that favorite Texican dish, tortilla soup.
23 October 2009
Glug Glug: Three Halloween-Themed Drinks
By Alex Alvarez at 4:51 PM.
Sure, it’s still a week away, but, if you’re anything like us, you’ve been planning what you’ll be doing this Halloween for months now. In that spirit (DOUBLE PUN!), here are some Halloween-themed drink recipes we think you might enjoy.
19 October 2009
Nom Nom: Frituras De Malanga
By Alex Alvarez at 2:00 PM.
Now that we know a few of you have been trying out the recipe for pumpkin croquetas, we thought we’d share some more fried goodness. Frituras de malanga are, hands down, one of our favorite foods.
13 October 2009
Glug Glug: Mexican Hot Chocolate
By Alex Alvarez at 10:00 AM.
This is by far our favorite time of year, and not only because the air becomes crisp and the leaves turn golden and orange and red, but because it also heralds the arrival of the holiday season and all the food and drink that goes along with it - like hot chocolate.
9 October 2009
Nom Nom: Quesillo
By Alex Alvarez at 10:00 AM.
Quesillo: Our second favorite Venezuelan thing to eat.
6 October 2009
Nom Nom: Bolinhos De Abobora Madura (Pumpkin Croquetas)
By Alex Alvarez at 12:52 PM.
After a brief heat wave here in New York, it’s feeling like autumn - the sky is blue, the air is crisp, and corner bodegas are displaying fat orange pumpkins alongside bouquets of flowers. Our favorite season is here!
1 October 2009
Nom Nom: Mexican Turnip Recipe For World Vegetarian Day
By Alex Alvarez at 2:58 PM.
People on these webnettubes seem to be searching for “Mexican turnip” a lot today, which turns out to be not, as we originally though, a vile and unpleasant sex act involving goiters, but, rather, what some people ask for when they are trying to find jicama at their local Whole Foods.
29 September 2009
Nom Nom: Celebrate National Coffee Day With Café Con Leche Flan
By Alex Alvarez at 9:45 AM.
Today is National Coffee Day, a much-beloved holiday traditionally celebrated by setting a tea drinker on fire and engaging in a fevered dance ritual over the charred remains. Or it’s a day that coffee manufacturers hope you buy their product. One or the other.
25 September 2009
Nom Nom: Ceviche
By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.
Ceviche is a seafood popular dish enjoyed throughout many Latin American countries. Different countries put their own twist on how ceviche is prepared and served, but our favorite happens to be Peruvian ceviche.
24 July 2009
Happy National Tequila Day: Grow Up and Drink Like A Man!
By Jack Tomas at 3:51 PM.
Today is National Tequila Day, and you should celebrate like the grown up caballero you are, and not like some childish frat boy.
4 May 2009
Kosher Tequila Inspires Pastrami Burritos And Our List Of Other Bizarre Mexican Fusions
By Cindy Casares at 5:00 PM.
Today we received in our inboxes a press release announcing a kosher tequila tasting in Grand Central station complete with pastrami burritos. Ay, no.
Guanabee’s Ultimate Cinco De Mayo Swine Flu Party Planner
By Cindy Casares at 12:02 PM.
Never ones to ignore the big, fat pig flu in the room, Guanabee has pulled some friends together to create a cinco de mayo party guide in light of the recent swine flu outbreak in Mexico.
28 April 2009
21 April 2009
El Bulli Restaurant In Spain Voted Best In The World Yet Again. Too Bad You’ll Never Get A Reservation.
By Alex Alvarez at 10:20 AM.
The number one restaurant in the whole wide world is, for the fourth year in a row, El Bulli restaurant on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. Whatever. When will it be Carlos Mencia’s turn?!
27 November 2007
Oh My Gawwww!….chEfrain Reads Guanabee!
By Guanabee Staff at 10:30 AM.
We were titillated to find, at the bottom of the comments section of our story on Chicago celebrity chefboy Efrain Cuevas, the following comment from the chef himself:
you missed some good birria
Okay, it’s not exactly a love note, but it did contain a link to his latest blog post on his website for 24 [...]
21 November 2007
Chef Efrain Cuevas Can Slaughter Our Goat Anytime (And We Totally Mean That Like It Sounds)
By Guanabee Staff at 12:00 PM.
Meet Efrain Cuevas. He’s a 31 year-old chef from Chicago and he’s single. Yum! Chefrain, as he is fond of calling himself, is so hip he doesn’t even need a restaurant. Oh no, mon freres. Chefrain is an underground chef who runs the super inside 24 Below club. If Jamie Oliver is Wilco, Chefrain is, [...]
