Desserts And Good Food

      The smell of ginger,anise, clove and cinnamon fills the air. It is coming from our kitchen where my mother is cooking the most precious dessert of our Christmas celebration "Arroz con dulce"(Puerto Rican rice pudding).       Sadly enough my mother's recipe got lost in time. This recipe was given to my sister Chary by one of her neighbors who was in her seventies at that time. That was about 40 years ago. The original version uses dark raisins, but here I use dried cranberries because my daughter doesn't like raisins. The substitution of the cranberries brings another layer of flavor to the rice pudding.                                         dessertsandgoodfood.blogspot.com Ingredients: For the spice water 5 cinnamon sticks 1 1/2 tablespoon anise seeds 1 1/2 tablespoon cloves  3 ounces of ginger, washed and smashed 8 cups...

     When I was little girl one of my favorites desserts was Guava turnovers. In those days you could only have them at the bakery. I always remember the first time I stepped in "La Sol de Borinquen" (the name of my hometown bakery) I didn't know that many pastries and cakes existed. It was like a dream.                                                          Through the years as I learned more about baking, I began missing all the pastries from my childhood.  I decided to do some research to see if I could make some. One day I was looking in the freezer section of my local supermarket and I discovered puff pastry sheets and realized I could make my own Guava turnovers at home. I made the guava turnovers for my children, and they love them. The time doing research and experimenting was worth it, my price was to see my...