I love to cook and I love getting mail. And I especially love getting mail from people trying my recipes. Snail mail. Email. Comment. Love it.The question I get the most: "Where can I find your Cuban food recipes?" If you click on the Food and Drink or Cuban Food category links (in the sidebar on the right) you will find my food posts ...
Cuban food
Brunch. Cuban style.
I made a 4th of July Brunch yesterday. Cuban style. Or, more aptly, Cuban-American style. Think French Toast meets Little Havana meets Orange County. =DIt's basically French toast stuffed with guava and cream cheese. How fun is that? It's an original recipe I decided to call "Torrejas a lo Refugiado," "Torrejas" are a type ...
“I have my reasons”
Hi everyone! It’s me,Amy. You know, the oldest of Marta’s kids. I hijacked mom's blog because I was having a moment today and wanted to share. I have this game I play with my friends (and myself). The game is all about Cuban Appreciation. As you can see, I have inspired my non-Cuban friends to have Cuban Pride. :-) I will have what I like ...
Someone in Miami LOVES me!
I love getting stuff in the mail.LOVE IT. Which is why I subscribe to magazines and order stuff online. Just so I get to hear a knock at the door and have someone hand me a box. Don't really care what it is.Love the USPS.Love the UPS truck.Love the FedEx truck. But, this.This is by far one of the happiest boxes I have ever opened. Assorted ...
La Cocinera de Babalú
I have dozens of cookbooks in my kitchen library.Dozens.I have quite a few Cuban cookbooks and countless family recipes on cards. I learned to cook Cuban using Nitza Villapol's book (what self-respecting Cuban woman didn't??) and trying to re-create stuff I had tasted in restaurants.Cooking is just one of my hobbies. And, of course, cooking Cuban ...
Get REAL.
I posted my churro recipe here a couple of days ago. And the people who know stuff about churros also know that it is a sin (maybe not mortal, but certainly venial) to make churros without hot chocolate.Sorry, my faux pas.Of course, we make hot chocolate. Spanish (as in, from Spain) Hot Chocolate. The thick, super-sweet, rich, gooey, ...
Making a Memory
My kids were all born here in Southern California. My husband is also a native Californian. So the only kind of churros they've ever known have come from a cart at Disneyland. But those are Mexican-style. They are hard and crunchy with lots of brown sugar. They are tasty enough, but I am used to light and fluffy Cuban-style churros. Oh, ...
Where is the love?
How I got my grown kids to come home for dinner. . . I sent them this picture on their cell phones with the following message:"The food's brown, hot, and there's plenty of it."(from City Slickers) I'm cooking "Crockpot Ropa Vieja" today at Babalú. You're loving me now, aren't you? =D ...
Salon Hair and Rum
There are certain rules that I live by as a Cuban woman.One very important one is that if I spend a Saturday morning at the Hair Salon (thanks, Kate!), I will not be cooking for anyone on Saturday night. And in fact, Husband should be prepared to actually take me out on a date. Seriously, Salon Hair should NOT be wasted. He's been ...
Cuban Mush Pot
A conversation with Jonathan:"What's for dinner?" "Tamal en Cazuela." "Tamales?" "Sort of." "Doesn't cazuela mean a pot?" "Yes." "Ummm.... Mom... it's MUSH." "Yes, but it's Cuban-style-corn-mush with pork and lime and garlic. Try it." "I'll eat it. And I'll ...
