Betty Crocker Kitchens – Dulce de Leche, por favor
August 30, 2010 – 4:32 am | 7 Comments

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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Beisbol Been Ber-y, Ber-y Good to Me
August 20, 2010 – 5:47 am | 2 Comments
Beisbol Been Ber-y, Ber-y Good to Me

ShareBy Frances O’Cherony Archer
La temporada hasn’t been easy this summer. I’m still a Chicago Cubs fan, haven’t lost my eternal optimism, but this is the first baseball season my father , Domingo O’Cherony, won’t …

Abuela Speaks English
August 15, 2010 – 7:16 pm | 22 Comments
Abuela Speaks English

ShareClick the headline link to see the hilarious video.

So, I arrived in Miami two weeks and 27 pastelitos ago, and from nearly the moment I landed in the Homeland, I have been on my mother …

Smells Like Cuban Food
August 9, 2010 – 10:39 am | One Comment
Smells Like Cuban Food

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 …

Just Keep Swimming.
July 15, 2010 – 4:32 am | 4 Comments
Just Keep Swimming.

ShareI wonder sometimes how I survived my childhood. Seriously.

When I was very young, my family spent the summers at Varadero Beach. The entire summer. (I know. So cool, right?) You see, it was …

Time Traveling via A Cuban “Frita”
July 5, 2010 – 12:57 pm | 2 Comments
Time Traveling via A Cuban “Frita”

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 …

Ask La Comadre: My Husband Doesn’t Share His Feelings
June 29, 2010 – 4:02 am | One Comment
Ask La Comadre: My Husband Doesn’t Share His Feelings

ShareDear Comadre,
I am an American-born Latina married to an American man. I hold nothing back, he holds everything back. After nearly 20 years of marriage, I am a little cansada of asking him how he …

Going Home
May 19, 2010 – 4:58 am | 3 Comments
Going Home

ShareThe concept of home, of where and what home really is, has been on my mind a lot in these last few days.
As I have worked with neighbors and friends to help repair our community …

The Most Cuban Person You’ll Ever Meet
April 16, 2010 – 5:00 am | 7 Comments
The Most Cuban Person You’ll Ever Meet

Share(Editor’s Note: Click on the post headline to view video.)
I have four children. (Well, technically, two are adults and two are teenagers, but that’s not important right now.)
All four, even though they were born here …

My Drina
April 1, 2010 – 10:38 am | 4 Comments
My Drina

ShareI tried to explain the following to an American friend, who kind of stared and blinked at me as I shared the following. You Latinas out there…..Can you back me up on this?
Madrina is the …

Keeping My Promise
March 10, 2010 – 4:45 pm | 4 Comments
Keeping My Promise

ShareI used to visit my parents at least once a week.
My dad was confined to a wheelchair and in his late 80′s, but his brain was sharp as ever.

We would sit at their kitchen table …