Adam was looking pretty great the other day. But there was some confusion over a conversation he had with my mom. We had a good laugh over it. But we also had a great meal. Click on over to Babalú today and see the most gorgeous Roast Chicken ever - Pollo Asado. That's where you'll find the whole crazy-mixed-up story.Totally ...
Cuban food
Someone in Miami loves me in a BIG way
My mom (yes, the 95 year old) has spent this entire summer in Miami visiting her big brother (98). She just got back this week and brought me a fabulous gift sent by my sweet cousin, Yllien:That's right. Giant, Cuban, Bakery-made crackers. We call them galletas. (Or in this case they should be called galletonas, but that's not ...
Cooking with The Boy
I have to admit that my kids (all four of them) are usually great sports when it comes to any projects I ask them to get involved with. (Eric would most likely insert the term "harebrained" somewhere in here, but that's not important right now. =D) I especially love when they show enthusiasm in spite of not having all the ...
Pastelito Delivery Service
The temperature has been in the double digits around here. So cooking has been a pretty low priority. If I do cook, it will usually involve the crockpot and rice cooker and me NOT in the kitchen for hours. But last week, I baked! Yes, BAKED. And I'm not just talking about the day I spent too much time in the sun. (That's a story for ...
Must Have Cuban Coffee
Kikita wrote this post under the influence of caffeine. You have been warned.Mmmmmm . . . do you smell that? That is the smell of the perfect Café Cubano. One more time, deep breath . . . Yes! Glorious! Everyone grab your "tacita", sit back and enjoy it! What's that? YOU. DON'T. HAVE. ANY. CAFE???? **Kikita se desmayo!! (Kiki ...
Who’s got the power?
How a discussion around the dinner table brought me to an amazing and life-altering realization which turned out to be subsequently good for my self-esteem. =D Hint: It involves a scrumptious Boliche (Cuban Pot Roast) and Superpowers.... Read all about it today on Babalú Blog. Then come back here and answer this question: "If you had a ...
Give me Liberty… or give me Cuban food!
We got up early this morning to board the ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island - where the Statue of Liberty lives. ;-) We waited in line for over an hour to climb the Lady's Pedestal and visit the museum there. By the time we descended, we were tired and hungry. That crazy kind of exhausted-from-all-this-non-stop-monument-viewing hunger. ...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of…
So, I made a big ol' batch of my favorite picadillo over the weekend. Seriously. A lot. (And white rice and black beans and plantains, too...but that's not important right now.) We had our neighbors and friends, and of course, my mom coming for dinner and I generally don't exactly follow my own recipe per se, I just kind of make it ...
“Un sanwiché Cubano, por favor.”
It's lunchtime and you're in a Cuban restaurant. (I wish. *sigh*) You think to yourself, "Self, I don't want anything too big. Maybe I'll just have a sandwich." So you peruse the menu of said Cuban restaurant and find a few noteworthy sandwiches that you can choose from: There's the classic Pan con Lechón or ...
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
There I was, minding my own business, when I received an email with the subject line reading: British TV Programme. My spam filter did not strain it, and even though I didn't recognize the name of the sender, I was intrigued and opened it anyway. It was from the producer of a TV Series for a Celebrity Chef from the UK who is looking to visit 8 ...
