Author Archives: Sika

About Sika

Sika is an all around [adjective] person, who loves to [verb], although she oddly prefers to cook low-tech. Except [noun] and [noun]. She can't live [conjunction] those.

Recipes Tico-Style: Tres Leches

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Sika

Tres leches is a magically decadent dessert. It’s not healthy, and it has no chocolate in it (although I bet, if you wanted to be a heathen, you could add chocolate), and that’s the sum total of what’s wrong with … Continue reading →

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Ricotta (and/or Marscapone) Pancakes

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Sika

At birthday parties and the like, my mom used to make these pancakes, and they ruined me for all other pancakes (well, except for one buttermilk pancake recipe that requires frying in a fair amount of butter to make it … Continue reading →

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Recipes Tico-Style:Refrescos

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Sika

Now that it’s gotten cold again, after the 2 weeks or so we had of nice weather here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, I’m going to post this recipe, just to taunt us with what we should have had when … Continue reading →

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Recipes Malawi-style: Fudgey Brownies

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Sika

I’m in Southern California because my other grandmother is in the hospital. Yesterday, I came back to my aunt’s house, and my cousin Sofy had a bowl in which she had been stirring together flour and an egg, because she … Continue reading →

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Recipes Tico-Style: Chorreadas

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Sika

This is one of the recipes I learned at my Spanish school, IPED. Zaida, one of the owners, is a whiz at cooking and makes everything look easy. We cooked this at one of the cooking classes at IPED. Zina’s … Continue reading →

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Recipes Tico-Style: Gallo Pinto

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Sika

This is one of the recipes I learned by watching my mama Tica, Maria, in the kitchen. For me, this recipe is all about sleepy mornings when the air is still cool and there’s a busy day ahead with the … Continue reading →

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