I am still laughing at some of the rice comments you all submitted for the giveaway. So, about half of you wash your rice. About a third of you used to wash, but have since given that up. Some of you use rice cookers because you remember that mami or abuela had a Hitachi going all the time and I love that you have some great memories of rice ...
Rice. An in-depth look. (And a giveaway.)
In keeping with our Hispanic Heritage Month, I've decided to tackle a subject that's near and dear to us. It's something that we feel absolutely passionate about. But we Cubans are passionate about so, so many things. (Well, everything, really....but that's not important right now.) I know I shouldn't be surprised when the ...
Cuban Coffee Basket – A Winner
First, I'd like to thank you all for your awesome response to this "Cuando Sali de Cuba" series. I love having the opportunity to share your stories. I'm so very grateful to Maria Elena for sharing her story. The image of her holding that doll waving goodbye is still stuck in my head. I have lots more stories to share, and if ...
Cuando salí de Cuba – Maria Elena’s story + A Giveaway
Marta here: I'm celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Cuban-Style with a series of stories about Cuban American families: Cuando Sali de Cuba, stories of courage and hope. Today's story comes from MS. She owns and operates the online store, A Taste of Cuba. *Tissue warning!* I was born in ...
The Circle of Life – Lion King 3D and Eternal Disney Uber-geeks
Back in 1994, I took Amy and Adam to the premiere of the Disney film, The Lion King at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. This was obviously before Lucy and Jonathan were born. We all loved the film so much that we couldn't wait to own it when it was released on VHS. (Yes, this is waaay back in the day.) A few years later, when we added ...
Fricase de Pollo Recipe – a lo Cubano
As you know, I've recently been participating in Mizkan's™ Cooking Challenges. See here and here. To kick off Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15), we were asked to share a recipe from our country, or "Receta de Mi Pais." For this challenge, I chose to enter one of my ...
Cuando salí de Cuba – Christina’s story
Marta here: I'm celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Cuban-Style with a series of stories about Cuban American families: Cuando Sali de Cuba, stories of courage and hope. This one is from my friend and fellow blogger, Christina Gomez-Pina. Inspired by the book/film Julie & Julia, she has embarked on her own Project: to celebrate ...
La Mala Letra – my cousin, the dissident Cuban blogger
As many of you know, I still have family in Cuba. Aunts, uncles, cousins and their offspring. We used to be thick as thieves back in the day, but time and distance and a repressive dictatorship has managed to destroy what close relations we had. I have a cousin in Cuba, who is my age. (One of the few photos of us together from ...
A lesson in Male vs. Female problem solving
We have had some seriously schizophrenic weather here in the O.C. in the past week. First there was a string of really ridiculously surface-of-the-sun type hot days in the 100+ range. Then, poof! The hot weather disappeared and there was a thunder-lightning-downpour with a nice cool breeze. All that to say that when the weather changes in ...
It takes a village. (iVillage to be exact.)
According to Wikipedia:Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) in the United States is the period when people recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States and to celebrate Hispanic Cultural heritage and Hispanic culture. Hispanic Heritage Week was approved by President Lyndon Johnson and was ...
