We've received your order! We've received your order and the Cuban elves here at My Big, Fat, Cuban Family are already hard at work putting together your Custom Subway Art. (Okay, not really any elves. Just me, but that's not important right now.) I'll be in touch with you as soon as I have a beautiful one-of-a-kind-made-just-for-you work of art ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook for Christmas
If you'd like to own your very own copy of My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook; A celebration of Cuban-American life around our family table or (even better!) would like to give it as a gift, my publisher, Blurb Books is offering a very nice promotion right now.25% off with the promo code: BLURBGIFT-1 at checkout.* Here's the link: MBFCF ...
The Best Baked Potato Soup EVER®
For the holidays many of us get one of those beautiful spiral hams. You set it out on your table and it always gets oohs and aahs. There's nothing like a fabulous ham. Am I right? For Thanksgiving we served two turkeys - one smoked, one roasted, and then there was also the spiral cut ham. Because we Cubans like an abundant table. There are a ...
I talk about Cuban food. A lot. Listen in.
I had the privilege of discussing my love affair with Cuban food and how my family and I celebrate Cuban holiday traditions on Silvio Canto Jr.'s Blogtalk Radio show the other day. This is what I looked like. (Don't judge.)If you want to hear what I sound like, you should click on the following link. I swear, I sound much taller on the ...
The Cuban Hipster Thanksgiving
When I host family or friends for a big, elaborate dinner, my delight is in designing the tablescapes. My job, as I see it, is to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, but not get too hung up on making things so department-store-perfect that it feels too cold and impersonal. It's fun for me to set a pretty table. It's much more fun to ...
It’s Not About the Meal
There's a trend that happens in the month of November. People are sharing (on social media) something they're grateful for every day of the month. I've heard the arguments that everyone should just be grateful all the time and not just as a "trendy meme" for the month that the Thanksgiving holiday falls on. I guess ...
Give Thanks. I mean it.
I'm preparing to host Thanksgiving again this year. Of course, everyone's invited. I love traditions. But what I love more is making them my own. I had a vision. I wanted to hang a giant banner that read, "Give Thanks" that would be the first thing you saw when you walked into our freakishly small cottage-like home. I tried to ...
Everyone’s Invited
Everyone knows that Thanksgiving lands on the 4th Thursday of November. So, it's not like it's a big surprise that Thanksgiving this year will be celebrated on the....4th Thursday of November. This happens every single year. 4th Thursday = Thanksgiving. We have already discussed and decided that the Thanksgiving celebration will take ...
“Move Over Mojo.” – A Winner
I love when I get to partner with my generous sponsors to do giveaways on this blog. I do. Mostly because of the comments. I read each and every one and it makes me feel like I get to know each one of you just a little bit better. Thanks to all of you who entered this week's raffle for a case (six 12 oz. bottles) of Ana Quincoces' Skinny ...
“Move Over Mojo.” – A Giveaway
I've been blogging since 2006. In that space of time and all across the internet, I've made some really wonderful friends. One of those is the lovely don't-hate-me-because-I'm-beautiful Ana Quincoces. Recently seen on Real Housewives of Miami - she was the smart and classy one - Ana is a talented chef and quite the delightful ...
