Chef Ingrid Hoffman is bringing a "Colombian twist" to your Fourth of July with a fresh, summery recipe with her Ham & Pineapple-Jicama Slaw Arepas and beer-inspired cocktails that will impress your guests and allow you to enjoy the fiesta instead of sweating it out in the kitchen.
"'Lorena, what did you do?!' yelled Chef Lorena Garcia's mother when she discovered that her then eight-year-old daughter made arepas for the first time for the family in Caracas, Venezuela.
Surrounded by an "arepa picnic" on the floor, the young and impressionable Chef Garcia recognized the impact of cooking for someone else, not to mention the lesson that it's preferable to eat at a table rather than the floor!
Kids will be kids and that's the idea behind Chef Garcia's recent partnering with P.A.N so that parents and their children will learn the joy of cooking together while keeping traditions alive.
