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Eighth Avenue Ropa Vieja by Julia Turshen
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Eighth Avenue Ropa Vieja by Julia Turshen

I make this version at home regularly, and while it doesn’t bring back a restaurant I wish was still thriving, it helps me keep my memories of it alive. It’s also just so satisfying and soul-warming..

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Feb 23, 2021
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Eighth Avenue Ropa Vieja
Excerpted with permission from Simply Julia by Julia Turshen:

In my early twenties, I ended up living in a studio apartment in the same building that I grew up in. It was a surreal experience, almost a time loop, and living there allowed me to reconnect to some of the places I went to as a little kid. One of those places was La Taza del Oro, down the blo…

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