Recipes

Focused on quality dishes from the Iberian Peninsula, (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico) Tasca brings the flavorful tastes of Spain and Latin Caribbean countries to New York’s Upper West Side. For myself and many others, food is an essential bridge connecting us to our heritage. My heritage derives from the isles of Trinidad and Tobago where the flavors and techniques of the more popular dishes came from various countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India. There are also distinct influences, like the curries from India, and plantains from our neighboring Latin Caribbean islands. Thus, Tasca’s dishes...

October 20th is National Brandied Fruit Day. Make it now and enjoy it over the holidays…or tomorrow! Brandied fruit is something you can overnight, or “cure” for one or two months to enjoy a more profound marinated flavor. We’ll start by enticing you with the many ways you can use brandied fruits; then go on to a recipe and the history of brandied fruits and brandy.     USES FOR BRANDIED FRUIT On ice cream or sorbet. On angel food cake, pound cake or iced cakes. In meringue shells (pavlova). See photo #3. Atop custard, pudding or bread pudding. As...

Photo Content from The Fan Brothers Brothers Terry Fan and Eric Fan received their formal art training at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. Their work is a blend of traditional and contemporary techniques, using ink or graphite mixed with digital. The Night Gardener was their widely acclaimed debut picture book.Terry spends his days (and nights) creating magical paintings, portraits, and prints. Eric has a passion for vintage bikes, clockwork contraptions, and impossible dreams.             Why is storytelling so important for all of us?Stories are one of the ways we make sense out of life. By taking the...

Given how quickly time has gone by this year, Christmas is basically tomorrow. So, you better get a move on your gift-buying ASAP. If you’re shopping for an important man in your life, whether it be your husband, boyfriend, father, son, brother, Uncle Jimbo or you boss’ ex-fiance’s brother’s son, it’s important that you think beyond the bottom of the tree and conjure up some stocking stuffer ideas for men. Because sometimes it’s the little things that mean the most. To properly jam-pack a stocking to the brim, you don’t necessarily have to go above and beyond a specific price...

"Zhao harnessed the river not by damming it, but by dividing the water. He spread it, slowed it, sank it and stored it."In my noir mind I am reading the part of the comic where crime boss Cobblepot from his throne room at Mar-A-Lago makes an (unrecorded) call to Kyrsten Sinema.“How much would it take to get you to vote against the infrastructure bills?”“I don’t know. Do you like my nails with fluorescent lime or passionfruit? Maybe I could alternate them?”“A billion? We could get that.”“Looking at my crypto wallet. Not moving. Not moving.”“Done.”“Why yes, well there it is. How...