Giant Cuban Empanada Recipe Lost and Found My mom has been in Miami for the summer. Last week she was telling me about an avocado that she had purchased from the local viandero. Here in California we get the Haas avocados that are small with bumpy dark skin. The ones in Miami are considerably larger. She says this to make the point: “Es el ...
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Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Recipe
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Recipe Going Old School It’s November, people. Of course you know what that means: It’s time for the holiday "comelatas" to begin. At our house the main course menus don’t vary much from year to year. But then there are the desserts. Ah, yes. Desserts. Plural. I don’t know of a Cuban anywhere who doesn’t love ...
Cuban Pizza Recipe
Cuban Pizza Recipe When I say I'm making Cuban pizza, no one believes it's a real thing. What makes it Cuban, you ask? Well, it starts, just like all good Cuban food, with a sofrito. A Cuban "sofrito" is the beginning and end of all that is good and holy about Cuban food - onion, garlic, bell pepper perfectly sauteéd in olive oil with a hint of ...
Churrasco Estilo Cubano Recipe
Churrasco con Chimichurri Recipe A Simple Barbecue - Churrasco Steak My husband, Eric, invited one of his clients over for dinner the other night, and he asked me not to make a fuss. “Let’s just barbecue,” he said. “Fine,” I said, “I’ll just do a simple Cuban-style barbecue.” So, I didn’t make a fuss . . . I made a mouth-watering Churrasco ...
Avocado Cocktail Recipe
Starting our Nochebuena right - Thank you, Avocados from Mexico. Nochebuena preparations are in full swing around here. The pig is happily marinating in the Mojo Criollo I told you about a few days ago. The Matervas are chilling in the fridge. Lucy is out in the world on a hunt for Turrones. Every time the phone rings or there is a text, it is ...
Arroz Imperial Recipe
Arroz Imperial Recipe Written on September 11, 2008 I tend to feel extremely patriotic on this date in history, hence the following story and recipe. Years ago, my big, fat, Cuban family moved to a sleepy peanut-butter-and-jelly neighborhood in Anaheim, California. Our house was at the end of a cul-de-sac where the other families had been living ...
Arroz con Maiz Recipe
Arroz con Maiz Recipe - An Original Thanksgiving Side Dish Cuban-style Thanksgiving with my big, fat, Cuban family is usually a very typical American feast. But because my family has so many amazing cooks, we're often trying new recipes and sometimes we like to put a spin on some old classics. Our turkeys have run the gamut from deep-fried to ...
Arroz con Leche Recipe
Arroz Con Leche Recipe Why Cuban Women Make Great Wives All the young people in my big, fat, Cuban family seem to be getting married all of a sudden. I think there’s something in the water. My nephew, Michael got married last summer (which gave us an excuse to GO to Miami, but that’s not important right now) and now there are two more weddings ...
Oven-Baked Spanish Tortilla Recipe
When is a Tortilla NOT a Tortilla? from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen Every now and then I get a craving for something that appears unusual to my kids but was just part of a regularly scheduled menu item in my Cuban American household when I was growing up. And I realize just a beat too late that they haven’t had the same upbringing that I have, ...
Pulpeta Recipe
Pulpeta (Not Meatloaf) 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 in the U.S.A. brings with it lots of cultural confusion. Meatloaf is my own personal hot button. ...
