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Remembering Your First Flan
January 28, 2012 – 7:05 am | 27 Comments

A Latina Never Forgets…her First Flan
It could be argued, I did not fully embrace my Cuban-American identity until I made my first flan.
I was around 28, un poco vieja for a Cuban kid from Miami …

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Stuff Guys Say to Cuban Girls (Video)
January 16, 2012 – 9:14 pm | 8 Comments

click the headline link to see the videos.
OK, we are a little bit addicted to these Things People Say videos on YouTube, and watching them has brought up stuff people have said to me and …

Latinos, Hispanics and Racial Identity
January 15, 2012 – 8:55 am | 10 Comments
Latinos, Hispanics and Racial Identity

Questions of Race and Ethnicity
There are more people living in the one Miami subdivision where my parents live than in the whole of my little town outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
And except for the nice family …

Michael Jordan: Welcome to La Familia Cubana
January 10, 2012 – 5:20 pm | 16 Comments
Michael Jordan: Welcome to La Familia Cubana

 
So, NBA star Michael Jordan announced an engagement to Yvette Prieto, a pretty Cubanita model from Miami he’s been dating for three years
My first thought was, “Welcome to la Familia, Michael.”
My second was: “Ay, madre. Cubans! …

Mi Burrito Sabanero and Songs of the Season
December 9, 2011 – 1:43 pm | 13 Comments
Mi Burrito Sabanero and Songs of the Season

Click the headline link to see the YouTube video of Mi Burrito Sabanero and hear the lyrics.
By Bohemian Babushka
“Si-i-lent Night, Ho-o-ly Night. All is calm, All is bright…”
As a child I remember being enchanted and entranced …

Studies to Prove Bilingualism is Good? Ay!
October 25, 2011 – 10:24 am | 15 Comments
Studies to Prove Bilingualism is Good? Ay!

Sometimes, hearing stories and studies about bilingualism and bilingual education make me want to bang my big fat cabeza against a wall. A thick wall. Even when the stories and studies are praising the value …

Mojitos by the Pitcher
August 28, 2011 – 5:48 pm | 15 Comments
Mojitos by the Pitcher

At this week’s potluck with the neighbors — where we discuss things such as new baby names, Google+ vs Facebook and dogs that eat underwear — a friend joyfully told me she had purchased a …

Dicho: No Hay Mal …
May 11, 2011 – 7:05 am | 6 Comments
Dicho: No Hay Mal …

By Tracy López
Like most children I had a keen eye for injustice – especially when it was perpetrated against me.
“It’s not fair!” I’d declare. My mother, calmly, and sometimes without even looking up from whatever …

An Abuela called Muñeca
May 7, 2011 – 5:23 am | 7 Comments
An Abuela called Muñeca

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Habanera, a Portrait of a Cuban Family (Floricanto Press, 2010) and published here during Abuela Week at the Tiki Tiki. The essay also is the fifth of five …

The White Butterfly
May 5, 2011 – 4:16 am | 15 Comments
The White Butterfly

Editor’s Note: This is the third of five essays celebrating Abuela’s during Mother’s Day week 2011 on the Tiki Tiki. To read the other essays, visit the intro essay.
By Jennifer Ramón-Dover
I was lucky: I got …

Sabor sin Carne, Celebrating Vegetables
April 12, 2011 – 1:00 am | 7 Comments
Sabor sin Carne, Celebrating Vegetables

Editor’s Note: This is the second in the series, ¿Vege-Que? — A Week of Healthy Eating, ongoing from April 11 to 17 on the Tiki Tiki. Please visit the first post to learn more about …