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Love Is Not a Telenovela
February 6, 2012 – 6:45 am | 3 Comments

Pan Dulce Says “I Love You”

By Cynthia Martinez
When I was younger, and still in the dating scene, I thought boyfriends never loved me. Not one of them ever expressed love towards me with confetti, pan …

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Big Giveaways: Cookware, Cookbooks, Snacks
April 11, 2011 – 6:57 am | 43 Comments
Big Giveaways: Cookware, Cookbooks, Snacks

 

Contest Closed…See comments section for the winners names. We will upload the drawing video to YouTube.
Thank you to the generous companies who donated goods for this giveaway!
Welcome to the ¿Vege-Que? Series Giveaway: products that support el …

¿Vege-Que? Healthy Eating Week Series
April 10, 2011 – 1:08 pm | 31 Comments
¿Vege-Que? Healthy Eating Week Series

An Exploration of Healthy Food Choices
Hi, I’m Carrie and I’m a Flexitarian.
¿Que-Que?
It means, I eat meat and fish. But only sometimes. And usually not at home, like maybe only 3% of the time, because I …

Pretty Things: Bold and Vibrant Colores
April 10, 2011 – 6:00 am | 5 Comments
Pretty Things: Bold and Vibrant Colores

Amigos y amigas! I’m here this month inspired to stay out with this beautiful and fresh spring weather.
Check out this roundup of vibrant cositas with me!
 

Large Shoulder Bag from Adeleshop
This bag will make a statement …

Dulce de Leche de Tia
April 4, 2011 – 9:44 am | One Comment
Dulce de Leche de Tia

I usually make my dulce de leche by slowly simmering a can of sweetened condensed milk in water, but one of my Tias — one of the best cooks I know — recently sent me …

Real Women Can Cook
March 28, 2011 – 4:25 am | 14 Comments
Real Women Can Cook

 
My husband taught me how to cook.
Not my mami, not my abuela, not my tias.
My husband.
I was 28.
A little shocking, right?
I’m Cuban-American I’m supposed to know how to cook — like, from the womb.
But, cooking …

Torrejas: French Toast, but Better
March 24, 2011 – 8:21 pm | 5 Comments
Torrejas: French Toast, but Better

By Lisa Renata
I don’t know about you, but when Lent comes around I go crazy trying to figure out meatless meals I can cook for my family.
Growing up, most of our Lent Friday …

Meatless Fridays: Lenten Recipes
March 11, 2011 – 5:34 am | One Comment
Meatless Fridays: Lenten Recipes

By Tessa Lemos
Growing up Católica, Fridays during Lent always meant Meatless Fridays — which was a drastic shift because I grew up in a carnivorous Mexican-American house.
My half-Cuban husband recalls he knew it was the …

Tres Leches Cake, an Easy Recipe
March 10, 2011 – 5:41 am | 12 Comments
Tres Leches Cake, an Easy Recipe

By Laura Feo-Fernandez
I can gringify just about anything, but my gringified tres leches cake takes the, erm…cake.
So, let me tell you about tres leches, Lazy Gringa Style.
Now before any hardcore tres leches fans out there …

Pretty Things: Spring Designs
March 8, 2011 – 12:29 am | 12 Comments
Pretty Things: Spring Designs

Hello Gente! It’s Dariela and it is time again for the Pretty Things I find around the web, lovely designs for the home, for you, for gifts.
This month’s round up is inspired by Spring! I’m …

Cuban Ingenuity or Resolviendo
February 25, 2011 – 10:26 am | 3 Comments
Cuban Ingenuity or Resolviendo

Cubans may be the original Life Hackers. So, today in a celebration of cultura we offer up examples of Cuban Ingenuity, the old-style and current.  We come from a people who have kept 60-year-old cars …