By Maura Hernandez
As a little girl, I never liked whole cranberries and on Thanksgiving I always preferred the canned jellied cranberry sauce over the fresh cranberries my mom or my aunt made. Now that I’m …

The childhood Thanksgivings I remember are of turkey, black beans, pan cubano, and turrones. Maybe a store-bought pumpkin pie.
This may be why I did not relate to the Pilgrims in childhood history classes, why Laura …

Editor’s Note: Christina F. Gomez-Pina, inspired by Julie & Julia, has embarked on her own project: to celebrate the Cuban kitchen — the food, the abuelas who prepared it, and the family who gathered around the …

Bon Appetit, one of my favorite cooking magazines published a recipe for Rose Sangria with Pineapple and Guava in its June 2009 issue. I made it for a dinner party and it was a …

I posted the other day about my Thanksgiving Placecards and how I had to “wound” some apples to make my table look awesome. (And it did. *blushes*)
But, what to do with all those apples?
I have …

Editors Note: I don’t know about you, but my creative juices start flowing when the holidays approach. I will be sharing some of those fun ideas in the coming weeks. Disfruten!
I am the youngest of …

Editor’s note: While we were in Miami last week, Carrie took me on a pilgrimage to El Palacio de los Jugos on Flagler and 57th. I say “pilgrimage” because we both live in areas where …

I sat front and center at the cooking demo done by Maura Wall Hernandez in the Kenmore kitchen at Blogalicious in Miami Beach. Yo no soy boba.
When the albóndigas with chipotle salsa were done, I was …

I’m celebrating today.
Today marks the 4th anniversary of my foray into the blogosphere. I celebrate this anniversary every year because (this is going to sound sooo corny, but that’s not important right now) blogging has …