La Prensa San Diego

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    Today on the menu: spinach gratin! First, I love gratins, probably because I like cheese and cream, and second because you can vary with lots of ingredients. This time I’ve choosen for spinach. It’s a great side dish for steak, pork or even fish!    Spinach is [...]

   Hundreds of kid, teens, and adults flocked to the Spring Valley Library, 836 Kempton St, on Saturday for the sixth annual Fiesta. The festivities took place from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., with a variety of cultural entertainment, food, and community information booths.     “I came to the library today to read and write, [...]

    Once again, we are organizing a benefit concert for the Indigenous School CIDECI in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas., Mexico. We have been supporting for several years the efforts to provide a quality education of youngsters in one of the most impoverished communities of Mexico.  CIDECI is a boarding school that offers not [...]

   Para celebrar el mes de la herencia hispana, Payless ShoeSource ha lanzado, por cuarto año consecutivo, el programa Payless Inspiring Possibilities Scholarship junto con Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF). A partir del 1 de septiembre, Payless venderá pulseras de edición limitada a $3 cada una, ideales para coleccionar o ponerse varias a la vez, y [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    The recipe and article for this week is all about curry. The Dutch way! Remember I’ve been on a quest for a good curry powder brand?? Well I’m happy to mention that I found one! Too bad, I’ve received an email from the Crosse & Blackwell Company [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden As you might know, I’m not quite a vegetable fan. I’m a meat fan! But I understand that vegetables are necessary (so they say…) so I try and I try. And sometimes I come up with a fantastic way to serve these! Like this time, I have a [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    Because of the wonderful fact that we had three (yes 3) beautiful sunny days (Summer has forgotten my country, Netherlands, this year I’m afraid…) it was time to make a grilled dinner again! Oh and to enjoy this dinner outside, what’s better than that! Of course, you [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    We, the Dutch people, love to eat potatoes: cooked, grilled, mashed and fried! Growing potatoes is a real Dutch specialty, it’s one of our long traditions. I didn’t know it, but apparently the Netherlands produces about eight million tons of potatoes a year! About half are ware [...]

    What’s summer without potato salad recipes? You should have those recipes, yes indeed more than one! So many varieties for so many different dishes, but they’re all delicious! My favorites aren’t vinegar based. I like creamy potato salads, like the one I’ll show you today: Creamy Potato Salad with Shrimps.    The success of [...]

    July 4th Picnic and Fireworks – La Jolla Shores and nearby Kellogg Park is a great place to picnic and enjoy the beach on the 4th of July. Arrive very early to find parking and claim your spot for the day. Fire works are scheduled over La Jolla Bay at 9 PM.     July [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    The Dutchess has been so busy lately! I hope you didn’t miss me too much, and if you did, you can always find me at one of these two website: www.TheDutchessCooks.com or (new!) www.BarBQBoozers.com. But now I’m back in La Prensa San Diego! With delicious and easy recipes [...]

Por Marcela Álvarez     Eva Longoria es mundialmente famosa por interpretar a la sensual Gabrielle Solís en Desperate Housewives, la exitosa serie televisiva de la cadena ABC. Pero, lejos de la alfombra roja, las luces de Hollywood y las portadas de revistas, pocos lugares le gustan tanto como la cocina. Ella misma lo dice: “Trato [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    If you ask me what would be the thing I’ve eaten the most so far, the answer must be chicken. A whole chicken, legs, breast, wings, you name it and I’ve made it more times than you can count. Except for chicken liver and other stuff like [...]

By Marcela Álvarez     Dime quién soy (Vintage Español) is the latest novel by Spanish author Julia Navarro. The story is peppered with intrigue, politics, espionage, travels, love, betrayal and plenty of historical research. These are the main ingredients of the novel. With solid narrative skill, Navarro goes over the most significant events of the [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    This is one of the best desserts you’ll ever find that is if you like a creamy dessert with a taste of coffee, liqueur and chocolate. But I have the feeling you definitely will like a dessert like this one… The original recipe is not a Dutch [...]

By Jenny Harper (Family Features) Start Mother’s Day off right with a beautiful breakfast in bed. A pretty tray set with some of the good dishes and real linens, a fresh flower, and some delicious food will put a smile on mom’s face that will last all day.    Golden Sunrise French Toast is made [...]

Cooking with the Dutchess: By Hanneke Eerden    It’s beautiful weather in Europe! Spring has definitely arrived here! Daily temperatures above 70F make it already feel a bit like summer and this means only one thing: perfect weather for barbeque! During the weekends its no problem, but since I work full time (Monday -Friday) the [...]