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Love Is Not a Telenovela
February 6, 2012 – 6:45 am | One Comment

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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Wepa, Arepas! Easy Recipes (Video)
February 20, 2011 – 6:48 pm | 15 Comments
Wepa, Arepas! Easy Recipes (Video)

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 …

Latin Slow-Cooker Recipes. Que Gusto!
January 27, 2011 – 6:23 am | 12 Comments
Latin Slow-Cooker Recipes. Que Gusto!

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 …

Faking it….in the Hispanic Kitchen
January 16, 2011 – 8:48 pm | 17 Comments
Faking it….in the Hispanic Kitchen

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, …

Green Smoothie Recipes and Resolutions
January 4, 2011 – 8:41 am | 12 Comments
Green Smoothie Recipes and Resolutions

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 …

El Mish Mash that is Our Thanksgiving
November 24, 2010 – 7:39 am | 4 Comments
El Mish Mash that is Our Thanksgiving

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 …

Thanksgiving a lo Cubano con Nitza
November 22, 2010 – 4:17 am | 6 Comments
Thanksgiving a lo Cubano con Nitza

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 …

Guava, Guava Everywhere. (Video)
November 14, 2010 – 8:58 pm | 3 Comments
Guava, Guava Everywhere. (Video)

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 …

Larger than Life
October 18, 2010 – 4:33 am | 11 Comments
Larger than Life

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 …

Albondigas! Mexican Meatballs (Video)
October 12, 2010 – 8:50 am | 6 Comments
Albondigas! Mexican Meatballs (Video)

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 …

Betty Crocker Kitchens – Dulce de Leche, por favor
August 30, 2010 – 4:32 am | 10 Comments
Betty Crocker Kitchens – Dulce de Leche, por favor

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 …