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Dolores Wiarco Dweck, known by her nearest and dearest as Lola, has a great appreciation for Mexican cuisine and culture. Lola's culinary mentors include her relatives and friends as well as some of Mexico’s great chefs and home cooks. She preserves and shares her favorite recipes through Lola’s Cocina.
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¡Feliz Día del Amor y la Amistad! How will you be showing YOURSELF a little love today?
In last night’s hot yoga class, our guide said, “the more love you show yourself, the more love you have to give to others,” so I woke up today extra early and soaked in the bathtub for half an hour before the kids woke up. It’s something I wish I did more often. Now I’m getting ready for a hot date with my love!
Whether you’re celebrating alone or with your media naranja (or don’t celebrate at all), I hope you take some time to show yourself some amor today!
There’s something delicious brewing in my cocina.
These humble ingredients will be transformed into the most flavorful sauce that’ll be slow cooked with meat that’ll be used to fill the tacos that’ll stuff our faces tonight.
Today we celebrated Amado’s sixth birthday. There were a lot of firsts for him this year: he started kindergarten and is a social butterfly (sometimes a little too social if you know what I mean), lost a few teeth, and began reading.
He continues to enjoy movie dates, traveling (his bucket list includes France to see the Eiffel Tower, Israel to swim in the Dead Sea, and Africa to see leopards), reading in Spanish and English, and biking, hiking, skiing, kayaking, and climbing.
His favorite foods include spaghetti, sushi, seaweed salad, mangos, and watermelon...and his favorite movie is Turbo.
Amado truly lives up to his name (Amado = the loved one and Ziv = God’s light/brilliance) and brings so much light, laughter, and joy to our lives.
Happy birthday to ME! According to Amado, I turned 29 so I guess this makes it my golden birthday. #GodBlessHisHeart
Little did I know that my graduate thesis on Oaxaca’s emerging culinary tourism industry would lead me on this journey where I get to share my passion for Mexican food and culture.
Being recognized for doing what I love by @parents and @parentslatina is the icing on the cake.
Read more about these fun features and how I manifested this in my 2019 vision board at lolascocina.com
BONUS: In both of these articles you’ll find so many useful tip and tricks to build confidence in the cocina. Be sure to follow all of the mujeres who were highlighted via Instagram:
@acouplecooks
@blessthismessplease
@nomnompaleo
and of course yours truly at @lolascocina
Raise your hand if you created a vision board for 2020. Here’s a peek of mine from 2019 and I can’t believe how many of these images came to life over the course of a year - I’ll share more on this tomorrow. This week I finally finished my 2020 vision board and I absolutely love it.
P.S. Amado and I are still waiting for our vintage Bronco to manifest itself into our lives. It was front and center on both of our vision boards from last year. We even have the soundtrack picked out for when we’re rolling deep with the wind blowing in our hair on a warm summer evening. Too much?
¡Hola! Today on lolascocina.com I shared a little something different for those of you who are into home improvement projects.
I worked with @marlowe_lane on this fun dining room makeover and hope you enjoy all of the photos and design tips!
NEW POST ~ Lola’s Dining Room Makeover: Adding Color to My Comedor
lolascocina.com - direct link in profile
Photos by @justindotyphotography
One of my goals for 2020 is to read (listen to) at least one book per month. I began this in 2018 and that year I finished 15 books. In 2019, I completed 23.
Quantifying my goals allows me to strive for something that I believe is attainable, instead of just saying that I wanted to read more.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: I never enjoyed reading until I admitted to myself that I don’t like physical books, but love listening to audio books while I get ready, drive, cook, etc.
I just completed my first book of the year by @writerreynagrande, The Distance Between Us, and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you’ve ever danced folklórico, I highly recommend her other book, Dancing with Butterflies, too.
Feel free to share any books you’ve absolutely loved in the comments below! #lolasbilingualbookclub
¡Buenos días! Here’s a little throwback to a collaboration I worked on with @castrawberries: Whole Wheat Pancakes with Strawberry Piloncillo Syrup.
Since I made the syrup from scratch, I decided to save time by using whole wheat pancake mix, making this recipe approachable for even novice cooks.
Recipe available at lolascocina.com.
