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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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 …

Lime y Limón Inspiration
June 21, 2010 – 5:03 am | 5 Comments
Lime y Limón Inspiration

ShareSo, I walked into a liquor store the other day, on a mission to buy booze for a friend’s party. Anything I wanted, she said. She was making a grilled limey pork tenderloin. I walked …

“How’s My Breath?”
June 14, 2010 – 4:51 am | 3 Comments
“How’s My Breath?”

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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 …

Crossing Cultures
May 3, 2010 – 4:31 am | 3 Comments
Crossing Cultures

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 …

Straddling the Cultural Fence
February 22, 2010 – 2:52 pm | 9 Comments
Straddling the Cultural Fence

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 …

Mami and Me
February 3, 2010 – 3:49 pm | 7 Comments
Mami and Me

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 …

Do You Mofongo? Or Do You Fufú?
January 25, 2010 – 9:14 am | 5 Comments
Do You Mofongo? Or Do You Fufú?

ShareI got a kick out of this video of Guy Fieri – of the Food Network show, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. He was in Miami looking for a great “mofongo.” I like how he says …

A Slice of Heaven
January 11, 2010 – 12:53 pm | 2 Comments
A Slice of Heaven

ShareI have a friend, Ana Quincoces (don’t-hate-me-because-I’m-beautiful) Rodriguez who has a fabulous Cuban cookbook called Sabor! A Passion for Cuban Cuisine. It’s gorgeous, just like Ana, with beautiful color photos throughout.

I bring this to your …

For the Love of Guava
November 23, 2009 – 5:31 am | 6 Comments
For the Love of Guava

ShareGrowing up Cuban meant always having guava paste in the house. We would pair a slice of the rusty colored fruit paste with a slab of cream cheese on a galleta (Cuban cracker). The sweet/tart …

Sopa de Platano
November 9, 2009 – 8:59 am | No Comment
Sopa de Platano

ShareOne of my uncles, whom we affectionately call Timbiriche, was visiting from Cuba a while back. I went out of my way to cook whatever he wanted.
“Qualquier antojo,” I told him. “Sin pena.”
Most days he …