I cook.And I like to eat.But I don't consider myself a "foodie." (In fact, I'm not really sure what a foodie is, but it sounds too much like "roadie" or "groupie" for it to have a positive connotation, but that's not important right now.) Okay, so I admit I sometimes (okay, well.... a lot of ...
Food and Drink
Making Christmas
"Making Christmas" is usually the mom's job. At least it's always that way at my house (I'm guessing it's that way in most homes). I do a lot of stuff anyway, but in December I kick it up to Warp Nine. =D This year I was especially busy because I took the time to make some special homemade gifts: 1) ...
How my mom’s activities when she was young are affecting my life today
Yaaaayyy!! Kikita is posting again! :-)'Tis the season to be busy . . . and let me tell you, work has been crazy. And when work is less than crazy, there's blogging to be done, or a video to be made, or gifts to wrap, or decorations to put up or . . . I'm getting exhausted just writing about it! In order to maintain my sanity, I ...
General rules have exceptions, don’t they?
So, as a general rule I don't eat donuts. Nothing against them. But I don't love donuts. I don't go out of my way to pick up a donut at church on Sunday (which is where I'm most likely to have a run-in with a donut, but that's not important right now). See? Donuts are not even on my radar. But we had ...
Somebody in Wisconsin (who has recently been to Spain) loves me!
My friend and fellow blogger, the class-factotum (linked over on the right under Smart Cuban Women and Friends) was recently wed. She and her new husband honeymooned in (among other places) Spain. C-F was kind enough to send me this little gem right here:Yeah, baby! That's pimentón - paprika's smokier and spicier ...
So accidentally cool . . .
Yes, of course it's me, Kikita. Who else would be accidental in their coolness? =D Now that I've turned 25, I swear something is different about me. I spent 25 years saying, "This is not my real life," because my life really is a novela and I always find myself in "movie-like" situations (Meaning: "If I saw this ...
The Double-Double deserves a standing ovation.
You know I love to cook. And you know I love my Cuban food. But you have to realize that I'm also just a Suburban Mom most days. And sometimes I do get supremely tired of schlepping (in Spanish, I think "arrastrando" would be the comparable word) my kids to classes and practices and friend-outings and all that. For someone who ...
Going south.
About 30 years ago (or... in another life) I was vacationing in Mexico and stumbled onto a lovely resort near Monterey, Mexico. The food was your high-end resort fare and with one exception, mostly forgettable. The exception? Avocado Cocktail.Like shrimp in cocktail sauce, but instead it was made with fresh Haas avocados. Genius! It remains, ...
The Perfect Blend
I just got back from Miami and I’ve got to admit: If there’s one thing Cubans know how to do well (besides dancing and cooking and arguing, but that’s not important right now =D), it’s how to make the Best Coffee on This Earth. Seriously, every Cuban home I was lucky enough to have been a guest in, served the most delicious, practically perfect, ...
It smells like a Cuban home
When I was growing up, I remember that each day I woke to a most distinctive blend of aromas.I knew my dad was up and getting ready for work when the mingled scents of Vitalis, Bustelo, and H.Upmann Finos insinuated themselves into my dreams and yanked me out of my sound sleep. To this day, the distinctive aroma of Cuban coffee gives me a sense of ...
