BORICUA BEANS BY {TOP CHEF – CAMILLE BECERRA}
Posted by Karin | Filed under Food + Drink

Photography by Cynthia K. Cortes
BORICUA BEANS by Camille Becerra
As a child I grew up on rice and beans, by that I mean everyday. A few years ago I was watching a Barbara Walter’s special or some other similar celebrity interview program in which sexy boricua Jennifer Lopez at the height of the “Jenny from the Block” craze was being featured. She was demonstrating her cooking chops to America by making beans. A fellow boricua cooking, I had to watch. Sadly it was a mess, I couldn’t believe my eyes, first she dumped a can of Goya beans into a pot then filled the empty can with water and added it to the beans. Beans are not Campbell soup. Afterwards she made a big deal about a secret ingredient, I got really excited as I thought someone was about to spread light to the backbone of all Puerto Rican cookery, sofrito. But instead she pulled out Sasson; this little orange packet is what I like to refer to as P.R.M.S.G. The producers did right by not highlighting the end result of this soupy, two ingredient version of Puerto Rican beans. They did however show her serving it to Ben Affleck her hottie at the time, I expected more from an Oscar award-winning actor in covering up the slight dissatisfaction.
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Italian Boy & Spaghetti {CAMILLE BECERRA – Top Sexy Chef}
Posted by Karin | Filed under Food + Drink

Photographs by: Cynthia K Cortes
Sexy Camille Becerra has more recipes for you and me to sink into. I just love when I hear from Camille as she really has great stories with fantastic endings. Of course, our lovely Camille can really put you in the mood to cook in these days. She delivers easy and quick recipes for a fantastic dish always. Why not cook in?!
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