I love summer. I love that the days are so long and that everyone I know seems to be wanting to eat outdoors. We were invited to a barbecue last week. "Can you bring some kind of Cuban-style appetizer?" I usually get asked to bring some kind of Cuban-style dessert and then I usually make pastelitos for a crowd (See Pastelitos for ...
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Aging Gracefully
It's one of those things that has to be done. And, for the most part, it's out of our control. Unless something catastrophic happens, we are all going to age. Some of us will look better doing it. Some of us will just handle it better. Some things about aging are liberating for me. I seriously don't have to worry anymore about how ...
The Great Cronut Hunt
If you're not up on your foodie news or have not been privy to any media for the last couple of months, or maybe you've been hiding in a cave, you may have missed the Cronut Craze. Started in New York at Dominique Ansel Bakery, the cronut is a delicacy designed by the aforementioned pastry chef in his self-named bakery. The best way to ...
My (Accidentally Cool) NYC Foodie Tour
Warning: Lots of fabulous food photos and details of my Foodie trip to NYC. Proceed at your own risk. My plan was to arrive in New York, get to my hotel and maybe explore a little bit of the Tribeca area where I was staying before my Cooking Pastelitos for 100 gig on Sunday. I was traveling alone, which doesn't bother me. It was just the ...
Pastelitos de Guayaba. For 100.
When I agreed to go to New York City to bake pastelitos de guayaba* for the Cuban Cultural Center of New York's (Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York) 12th Annual Congress, I was not quite sure what I'd gotten myself into.*Pastelitos de Guayaba. n. A Cuban pastry made with a delicate flaky crust and a filling of guava and sometimes ...
How to Grill an Avocado – A Simple Recipe
{Disclosure: This post is part of a compensated campaign in collaboration with Latina Bloggers Connect and Avocados from Mexico. The recipe is my own.} Now that it's summer and we are eating outdoors practically every evening (on my beautiful farmhouse table, people), I'm all about grilling. Which technically means that I do most of the ...
Pageant of the Masters – The Big Picture
As I mentioned the other day, I have a Summer To Do List. I call it my Summer Manifesto. I'm quite proud of us. We've been busy scheduling and checking things off the list which has made it quite a lovely and busy summer so far. I just got back from a weekend in New York, which I will write about later (I have sooo much to tell you!), ...
The Things I Say
My dear friend, Jana has embarked upon an ambitious project. She is quite the accomplished hand lettering artist. Each day she chooses a thought, or a recipe, or a quote and works it into a beautiful piece of art and she's determined to do this for 333 days. I love visiting her portfolio site, janaleemiller.com. It always makes me ...
Summer Manifesto
The definition of the word manifesto from Dictionary.com:man·i·fes·to [man-uh-fes-toh] noun, plural man·i·fes·toes.a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.I know from experience that unless I am very intentional about doing something, it just ...
This Guy.
Every year when birthdays come along, I pause and reflect. My own birthday doesn't bother me much, but the birthdays of my kids make me physically feel the rotation of the earth. It moves so crazy-fast! My son, Adam, is 27 years old today.I suppose I could tell you about all the great ways he's grown into the man he is today. (And he ...
