Armida Cooks!

On Friday our company took me and a few of my co-workers to Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico. It is a fabulous spa and cooking school wh...

Chilaquiles are fried tortillas with a tangy tomato sauce and smothered in cheese. In our family, we like to eat chilaquiles with eggs and ...

My brother and sister-in-law just had their first baby 10 days ago. She is a beautiful little girl with so much hair; she's going to ne...

It's been quite a scary week so far. Stock market is down. The global economy is getting shaken up. My husband is somewhere in the midd...

Not too long ago I found a Thai restaurant near my work called Thai Chadda. The restaurant is in the food court where a lot of us from...

Arañitas are a variation of the tostones recipe. In Spanish, arañitas means little spiders and the recipe gets its name from the shredded...

Hi friends and family. I apologize I have not updated my food blog, but I have been without a kitchen for a couple of weeks. As you may kn...

Dear all, Sorry I've been neglecting the blog. I'm in the process of moving to our new house (YAY!) while my hubby is out to sea...

For my sister-in-law's baby shower, we had paella as the main dish. We hired my friend’s dad to come over and cook this very flavorful...

I've been rowing on the weekends and when I get home after my 2 hour rowing sessions, I am starving Marvin! Today I was particularly hu...

On the 4th of July holiday, we were invited to a BBQ in Downtown San Diego near the harbor. It was at a condo with a spectacular view of Sa...

I'm in a Spanish food kick right now. Probably because my parents are in Spain for a month (yes, they are spending our inheritance) and...

I got the vinaigrette recipe from the Urban Solace restaurant here in San Diego, but the tapa was totally my concoction. It's basica...

This may not be the best salad ever, but it's darn close! This salad is like a good movie: it's got drama (the gorgonzola cheese), ...

I wanted to make Thomas Keller's Over-the-Top Mushroom Quiche but it was just too much for one person. It had almost two pounds of mus...

This recipe is straight out of the Lady's Home Journal magazine. YES, you heard me. Come on, I'm sure your mom or tia or grandma ...

Now that Matthew is back on a ship, he tends to do a lot of online shopping during his free time. During the last month I've gotten a f...