Introducing tropical food and tropical recipes to the world!
Name: Sweet potato pone
Eaten in: Caribbean, South of United States
I was on a sweet potato roll! After the pudding and the cake, I decided to make sweet potatoes a third way, as a dessert still. I had come across a “pone” recipe in one of my cookbooks. It looked fairly similar to the pudding recipe, with some additional ingredients. I secretly wished it was a faster way to get a dish that resembled the boniatillo cake I was raving about in an earlier post. …
Name: Tostones Rellenos
Eaten in: Latin America
I was so excited when I set up to make this recipe. I had bought a fancy tostones rellenos maker and I was going to use it for the first time. When the key moment came and I took out my tool, it broke as soon as I tried to shape one plantain!…
Ever since I was diagnosed celiac and lactose/casein intolerant, life has been tough on the dessert side. Basically I have been avoiding small bakeries, closing my eyes and holding my breath when walking by pastry shops, and declining invitations to eat in restaurants where I know looking at the dessert menu will make me miserable. …
Name: Pineapple tartlets
Foodie: Elodie
If you’ve ever wanted to make a fancy-looking tropical dessert or sweet appetizer with minimal effort, this is it….
