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Welcome! Meet Chef Melissa, the Panamanian cooking diva!

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From the Tropics: Growing Peppers and How to Prepare Hot Sauce!

***Click on image to enlarge!*** As chef, culinary educator and a believer in non-toxic agriculture, I develop my garden as a lab for freshly delicious, seasonal cooking, becoming one of my greatest joys. A friend told me not too long...

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From Venezuela with Love: Empanadas de Ropa Vieja

Love hurts when you have to leave. It really does, it is more like dreaming about the minutes spent there. The time inhaling the breeze, the breeze inhaling sunset, sometimes sunshine. Sometimes it goes through a sieve and leaves only...

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After the Storm: What's UP in Boquete (Chiriquí, Panamá)

Boquete is back on track and the town wants to put the spotlight where it belongs: on its beauty and its people BOQUETE, PANAMA: Boquete was in the spotlight this past week, not for its natural beauty, award-winning coffee and...

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From Aruba Today: Celebrity Chef at Cuba's Cookin'

This article was published today Saturday, November 22, 2008 in the "Aruba Today" newspaper. It will be available in their online edition by tomorrow. I will update the link then. Thank you for your hospitality! Chef Melissa

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Tropical Adventures in Aruba: Bushi or Turk's Cap Cactus

Today is a beautiful tropical day in Aruba, and to enjoy it at its best, we decided to take a walking tour in the old "aloe vera" field. It was oh-so-green! the trails were filled with an array of different...

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A Tribute to Panama & Celebration Tri-Color Shortbread

In a country that had been hit in the recent years by an overwhelming real estate growth and inmigration, in the midst of it all, the melting pot of races feed their souls with a sence of liberty. The silent...

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Presto Pasta Nights #87: Codito con Tuna

From my childhood: Codito con Tuna This is my entry for PPN #87, which I am hosting this time. I apologize for the short delay of my post...I have been in the wine country of Argentina, in a tour through...

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From the Tropics: Presto Pasta Nights #87

This week The Cooking Diva will be hosting Presto Pasta event #87. Please email me your entries to - cookingdiva AT gmail DOT com until Friday October 31st and we will include your post in the delicious roundup. Plus...Don't forget...

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From the Tropics: Bienmesabe Chiricano

It has been a long time since I last surrendered to the fragrant aroma of the delicious "Bienmesabe." It was not because I was on a diet program or something absurd like -that-, it was because it is an uncommon...

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From the Tropics: Pavlova de Fresas / Strawberry Pavlova

Por lo que he notado, siempre es temporada de fresas en esta parte de nuestro bello país! Para aprovechar la deliciosura de estas frutas en estado "fresco", compratimos esta receta con uds. el día de hoy: Pavlova de Fresas. Básicamente...

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