You know how much we Cubans love our cafecito. We also love lattes and cappuccinos and café con leche. Any iteration of coffee will do for us. There's even a subset of us that just love our Americano. All that to say this: We love a cup of strong coffee any way we can get it. Particularly a shot of hot, sweet espresso. In light of that ...
Cuban-American Life
I hope you enjoy my posts about my crazy and wonderful Cuban-American life.
The Random Italian Thing or Mac and Cheese for All
We're getting ready to celebrate my mom, Luza's 100th birthday in another week. And of course, as we're trying to put this thing together, we've tried to include her in as many decisions as possible.She doesn't care much about the decorations, she says. She trusts us with those, as long as they are bright, not just one ...
The Best of MBFCF in 2013
I'm looking at my calendar and it's already the 8th day of 2014. I was planning on taking a few days off at the beginning of the year and wow, did they go by quickly! Come to think of it, 2013 feels like it went by pretty quickly also. Is it just me, or is this one of those things people tend to repeat a lot as they get old? Shut up. ...
“Next Year in Cuba”
Every year we make a large batch of Cremé de Vie or Cuban Egg Nog, if you will.Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP And every year we toast, "El año que viene estamos en Cuba." "Next year in Cuba." This started in December of 1961. We had been in this country for a little less than a year and it was obvious that the whole silly revolution ...
A Cuban Poster & Your Own Custom Subway Art!
I have often described myself as a Lover of Words. Just as often, I self-describe as a Lover of Cuban Food. Also, I'm a Serial List Maker. Just recently, all those worlds collided in my creative brain and the resulting explosion was this Cuban poster...Words + Cuban Food = Comida Cubana to create a subway style Cuban poster! I know. The ...
Thank you for your order
We've received your order! We've received your order and the Cuban elves here at My Big, Fat, Cuban Family are already hard at work putting together your Custom Subway Art. (Okay, not really any elves. Just me, but that's not important right now.) I'll be in touch with you as soon as I have a beautiful one-of-a-kind-made-just-for-you work of art ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook for Christmas
If you'd like to own your very own copy of My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook; A celebration of Cuban-American life around our family table or (even better!) would like to give it as a gift, my publisher, Blurb Books is offering a very nice promotion right now.25% off with the promo code: BLURBGIFT-1 at checkout.* Here's the link: MBFCF ...
The Cuban Hipster Thanksgiving
When I host family or friends for a big, elaborate dinner, my delight is in designing the tablescapes. My job, as I see it, is to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, but not get too hung up on making things so department-store-perfect that it feels too cold and impersonal. It's fun for me to set a pretty table. It's much more fun to ...
Styling a Quick and Easy DIY Thanksgiving
I love a beautifully set table. I do. It doesn't have to be fancy or elegant, although it could be. My preference is for fun and welcoming. Here are some examples of Thanksgiving tables that I've done in the past here, here, and here. Today I want to share how I went about styling my Thanksgiving tables last year. So, buckle in and welcome to my ...
My 7 Favorite Blog Posts
Wrapping up my month-long Happy 7th Blogiversary Celebration and I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what I've managed to put up here for the past 7 years. It's funny. I sit down to a blank page (so to speak) and I have some idea of what I'd like to write about. Usually, because I tend to be very visual, I start with a ...
