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I’m in the heart of the city, which means I get to enjoy something amazing from one of the …

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My dad used to swear by the medicinal properties of garlic.
“Garlic,” he would always say, “is a natural antibiotic.” He usually made this pronouncement as he was pouring olive oil over toasted Cuban bread …

ShareSo there I was, cooking Cuban food and minding my own business, when I received an email from the lovely folks at Kikkoman. Yes, you know them best as the Japanese soy sauce people.
They were …

ShareBecause I’m a blogger (here at TikiTiki, at Babalú Blog and over at My big, fat, Cuban family) I get asked by advertisers to consider hawking their product. They know that Hispanics make up the …

ShareIs there anything better than chocolate?
I have a love/hate relationship with chocolate.
I love ANYTHING made with it. I hate that I have no willpower when it comes to just about any chocolatey gooey confection.
I can …

ShareI sometimes wonder what I would do if I didn’t have my mom.
It’s not so much that I need her in that everyday sense anymore. It’s just that she supplies so much fodder for my …

ShareIt’s raining like crazy here in So Cal. And seriously, we don’t know what to do with ourselves when there is “weather.”
Mostly, we stay indoors and complain to each other via text or telephone. But …

ShareI love to cook. I do.
There is almost a zen-like quality to starting with fresh ingredients and mixing, stirring, sautéing things and finally serving something amazing and delightful to the palate. But that doesn’t mean …

ShareHere’s a pop quiz for you:
Question. What happens when you take impossibly rich homemade ice cream and you add dulce de leche to it?
The correct answer is: The Awesomeness That is Homemade Dulce de Leche …

ShareIf you are a regular visitor to My big, fat, Cuban family you know that I homeschool my kids.  One of the subjects we cover is what I like to call Life Skills.
I want all …