Paola Velez | Chef & Author

I think MooDeng would be so proud. 🦛 Even though I’ve now had a few months to sit with the fact that Bodega…

We agree with Chef Paola Velez: sweet treats belong at the Game Day party! 🏈 Get her recipes for the…

WOW. James beard award winning chef. 🥹💗🥇 Thank you all for believing in Bodega Bakes 😭😭😭😭😭

Friend, I walked away from $6,000 last year. Not because I didn’t need the money, cause brother, who doesn’t…

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I guess there’s more than one daddy in the house now… @fatdaddios you almost got me in trouble 😂🤏🏽💕…

Fantastic cocktails await you down an alley @barprovidenciadc by Danny and Pedro! You can also get some…

Mrs. Delores ma’am (aka Deloresapproved), we’re rooting for you over on this side of Washington D.C. In your…

I walked away from 6 bands aka Six-THOUSAND dollars. And it’s not cause I didn’t need the money, BROTHER…

Carla Hall dedicated 2 pages in her cookbook to me. It made me sad. Let me explain I wasn’t sad about being…

This October, the renowned Paola Velez (@smallorchids), a celebrated James Beard Award-winning chef, is…

Dominican cake is BETTER than every other celebration cake. I’ll die on this hill. 🇩🇴 Happy Hispanic…

Season 2 of Steal This Recipe is back. With more pastries, more techniques and zany antics. We’re baking…

Perfect flan starts with your caramel… comment “FLAN” to get this coconut flan recipe :)

YOURE NOT BAD AT BAKING. YOU JUST THINK YOU ARE. This week on Pastry Lore I break down… lol Jk, I break down…

Fake doesn’t equal bad. And imitation vanilla does have its place in our pantry! Comment LORE for the full…

Ultimate chocolate brownies- got this shot by hanging my iPhone off my neck. 😰

Doing absolutely anything for the perfect shot. But the question is why am I even doing this!!??? lol

WHAT KIND OF PASTRY CHEF BUYS IMITATION VANILLA? Hi, it me. Somewhere along the way, imitation vanilla got…

Ooops. This might strike a chord, but MAYBE, now is the right time for yall to start washing your chicken &…

A comprehensive list of what we CAN still eat in America 2026. •boiled water

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Baking with ingredients that haven’t been recalled in the year of our lord 2026

Checked out @barprovidenciadc in DC recently and was so impressed with the mixed drinks and food offerings.…