I don’t dare post pictures of what I have been up to in the kitchen anymore without posting the recipe. (I get emails…) I know I usually post about Cuban food, but I wanted to …

This was how we celebrated birthdays back in Cuba. These are my sisters and me at different ages.
(If you’re really curious, just count the candles on the cakes)
There was always a big, beautiful, almost-too-perfect cake …

This is my golden ticket.

In 1961, it cost $21.60 for the 1/2 fare for children to fly the 90 miles from Havana to Miami.
It’s not lost on me that I can easily spend more than …

We’ve got a dear family friend whom we’ll call “Sylvia.”  We’ll call her Sylvia because, well… that’s her name. =D
Sylvia is and has always been the representation of perfect Cuban womanhood to me.  I’ve known …

How To Make Dulce de Leche
I had a craving.
An intense craving for something impossibly sweet.
And it couldn’t be just anything sweet.
I’m talking IMPOSSIBLY sweet.
But preferably with a creamy texture and caramely taste.  And it had …

I have a confession to make.
I’m really kind of embarrassed about this, but here goes. . .
I spent years being disappointed by good old-fashioned American-style meatloaf.
There. I said it.
Growing up in a Cuban household here …

How to Make Churros, an Easy Recipe

My kids were all born in Southern California. My husband, Eric, also is a native Californian. So the only kind of churros they’ve ever known have come from a …