When my plane lands in Miami, I usually ask for a detour to el Palacio de los Jugos before we head to my parent’s house.
My obsession, besides their cuatro leches cake and jugos: Arepas.
Warm cornmeal …

My slow-cooker has become a dear and trusted friend, allowing me to experiment with easy and healthy Crock-Pot meals.
It allows me to make at least six to eight meals in one batch and it allows …

Way back before I became a famous baker of Cuban flan, my caramelo el stunko.
It boiled and boiled, but never turned beautiful caramel. Or, it boiled and burned.
Salvation came when my Los Pollitos partner, …

Maybe it’s just that time of year, but many of the conversations that have been going on around me are about exhaustion, burn-out…big butts. They’re about the desire to recharge, regroup, reconnect — both with …

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 …

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 …

This is about dulce de leche and alfajores, delicious cookies filled with, you guessed it, dulce de leche.
Cookies, dulce de leche, powdered sugar? Not much is better. (Thank you, Argentina!)
But first, some background: I was …