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On Tuesday, Pérez, 40, who is California-based, shared a video of herself smiling and kissing Flay, 57, on the cheek while strolling through New York City. “Spring time in NYC,” she captioned the clip.
Flay also appeared onTodayon Wednesday while on the East Coast forSavannah Guthrie’s showStarting from Scratch.
Flay and Pérez met through mutual friends and went public with their relationship at the 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championship in November.
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“She’s teaching me to cook with a lot less meat,” he revealed. “And now all of a sudden I’m a big hiker. I’m learning a little of the Zen California way.”
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The pair showed offtheir culinary skillsin December when she documented the process of them making her family’s recipe for Empanada Asturiana, a savory pie from northwest Spain, on her Instagram Story.
Pérez shared the handwritten recipe card — which had been passed down from generation to generation — as well as Flay making the dish.
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“Ta da!” Pérez wrote, sharing a photo of the final product. “Empanda Asturiana de Pérez.”
The same month, Pérez also shared asweet tributeto Flay in honor of his 57th birthday on Instagram.
“Happy birthday to the man who keeps me laughing and makes my life more delicious and sparkly than I could ever have imagined,” she wrote alongside a clip of her planting a kiss on Flay’s temple.
source: people.com
