I'm pleased to tell you that I've been included to take part in a series of Cooking Challenges by Holland House® and Mizkan® along with several other Latina bloggers. The first challenge was to use one of many Holland House products to create A Latino 4th of July on the Grill. To be honest, Eric is the Grill-meister around here. I am just ...
Cuban food
The hunt for Cuban food continues…Hello, Havana Kitchen!
As you know, we live a few area codes away from the nearest restaurants serving Cuban food. Of course, this has become the impetus for me to actually cook Cuban food regularly, but that's not important right now. Last week, Eric and I got to escape to Temecula's Wine Country for a few days. Temecula is only about an hour and a half drive ...
How to make Cuban coffee with KILLER espuma. You’re welcome.
Making Cuban coffee is more art than science. I think I learned how to make Cuban coffee when I was about 8 years old and able to maneuver in the kitchen without hurting anything. It wasn't just a matter of making the coffee itself, there had to be a frothy topping to that café and just the right amount of sweetness. Of course, like anything ...
Cooking With the Troops (a lo Cubano)
I've gotten the opportunity to do many cool things because of this blog. I continue to be amazed at what this particular platform has afforded me in my life. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, I received an invitation that knocked the wind out of me and left me sitting on the ground weeping like the little girl I am. Val ...
For the love of guava…
WARNING: I've used a lot (!) of exclamation points in the following post. Such was my level of excitement... In my family of origin and in the Cuban home where I grew up, we always had a couple of items in the pantry:Cans of leche condensada (sweetened condensed milk). Bars of guava paste.I'm guessing that the way we used those two ...
¡Sabor! Hot Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to the 2 lucky winners of the ¡Sabor! Cookbook.***************************************** Ileana said... If I was a chef, I would be famous for my Everything But the Kitchen Sink-PAELLA baby! And maybe your favorite might be anything with dulce de leche. ;-) Reply February 28, 2011 at 12:48 PM ...
Choices, choices….
I don't usually have trouble making choices. In fact, I'm pretty clear on my personal tastes. For example, given a choice of items in different colors, my eye (and by extension, my hand) will always choose the RED thing. I will (9 out of 10 times) choose shoes for comfort rather than fashion. If I have to choose a movie, it will be a ...
Cheaters Lechón Asado (don’t judge me.)
It's raining like mad here in So Cal. And we live in The Bubble (aka. The O.C.). And Nochebuena falls on a Friday. And the men-folk are all working. What does this mean? It means that there will be no Cuban Caja China Pig Roasting for us. (*insert sad face here*) Of course, this does not mean that we won't have our lechóncito. We are, ...
Make it and Take it
I'm a giver. I give. (You could possibly call me a bit co-dependent, but that's not important right now.) Anyway, back to giving. I'm giving away my personal label designs for Creme de Vie (recipe here) and for Homemade Dulce de Leche (recipe here.) Here's the Crema de Vie ~ Feliz Navidad! Label.And this one is in case ...
El Palacio and me. (It was love at first sight.)
I've been home for a week now and I'm still processing all the wonderful things I got to do and experience in Miami. I'll be writing about the trip little by little as I sort through my stuff and check my mental rolodex to remind myself of the stories I want to tell. This particular one, I videotaped. (I know! Shut up!) I'm ...
