ShareI was privileged to attend an event in Minneapolis last week called Baking With Betty. As in Betty Crocker. (Yes, I know!) I was out-of-my-skin excited to get to visit and cook in the famed …

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My amiga Yvette is a funny girl.  One day, she told me she had gone to La Carreta (a Miami Cuban restaurant with several locations around town) and tried a fabulous …

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So, it appears Sofia Vergara is trying to dethrone me as the Diva of Dulce de Leche. Descarada!
Thanks to Blanca, a loyal friend who wants to defend …

ShareYou know you’re in a Cuban home if, when you walk in, you can smell The Smell. You know what I’m talking about – that unmistakable, mouth-watering, oh-so-inviting, my-mom-is-amazing, God-I-love-Cuban-food smell.
It all begins with a …

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My Gazpacho stunk. Its only redeeming quality? The 6-year-old enjoyed hanging in the kitchen with me chopping peppers and cucumbers.
I made it last week, after endless days of heat hot enough to freir un huevo …

ShareI close my eyes and take one bite and suddenly I am unstuck in time …
I’m in the heart of the city, which means I get to enjoy something amazing from one of the …

ShareSo, I walked into a liquor store the other day, on a mission to buy booze for a friend’s party. Anything I wanted, she said. She was making a grilled limey pork tenderloin. I walked …

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My dad used to swear by the medicinal properties of garlic.
“Garlic,” he would always say, “is a natural antibiotic.” He usually made this pronouncement as he was pouring olive oil over toasted Cuban bread …

ShareSo there I was, cooking Cuban food and minding my own business, when I received an email from the lovely folks at Kikkoman. Yes, you know them best as the Japanese soy sauce people.
They were …

ShareYesterday here in Southern California we had an earthquake. They happen here randomly and without any advance notice. Still, I’m not used to them at all.
In fact, to be honest, I don’t think I’ll ever …