My daughter, Amy Kikita has been working hard these past few months to lose weight. She has to date lost 30 pounds and the scale is still moving to the left every day.I admire the courage it has taken her to face her own fears and presuppositions about what this will mean to her and her life. Today on the Tiki Tiki, she shares her essay titled ...
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Marta’s Birthday Month®
I know. Everyone else celebrates their birthDAY. And some clever folks even celebrate Birthday Week, which I did, too, until I said to myself, "Self, we should try to see if we can drag out this birthday celebration stuff for the entire month of May." No, I don't really talk to myself that way....or maybe I do, but that's not ...
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! Cuban Cookbook – A Hot Giveaway
My beautiful friend, Ana Quincoces, has authored an equally beautiful Cuban cookbook. (I say equally, only because the pages are filled with fabulous photos of both her and her food, and I can't think of which is more gorgeous, but that's not important right now.) Just recently, Ana was voted Miami's Hottest Chef over on Eater ...
An Historical Day
According to my friend, Amy Arnaz, the day that her husband was born, the news of his birth knocked the inauguration of President Eisenhower off of the front page of all the newspapers across America. Can you imagine?That was on Monday, January 19, 1953. This same baby who created such a stir on Inauguration Day, 1953, was also on the very first ...
The Best of MBFCF in 2010
I started this tradition last year. I reviewed my posts for the entire year (which was kind of interesting in a wow-is-that-a-train-wreck? kinda way, but that's not important right now) and picked a mix of some of my favorites. These links are a pretty good representation of what it's like Living the Vida Loca, MBFCF-style. If you've ...
The “Pamagranate”
I love edible gifts. I do. Lucky for me, I have lots of friends and family who bake many wonderful things at Christmastime. My friend, Debbie makes the most delicious and beautiful pizelle (Italian waffle) cookies as gifts. Eric's grandmother makes incredible peanut butter balls. And we can always count on Eric's Aunt Rita for her famous ...
Hello, December.
I love going to new places and trying new things. I also love going to old places and doing thing I've done before, but that's not important right now. ;-) When December rolls around, I always look forward to having holiday-type experiences. Sometimes those include plays or movies or Disney Magic. But yesterday, I had the happy privilege ...
Art Attack! – A Winner
I feel so lucky to have been able to share my friend, Maria Soto Robbins with you all. I think that for me, this is one of the richest rewards of blogging. I get to share, not just my life, but the people I've met along the way. I hope you all continue to enjoy Maria's art. The winner of one of Maria's gorgeous art pendants ...
Art Attack! – A Giveaway
One of the benefits of living my life so publicly on the blogosphere is that I get to meet some amazing people online. (Yes, I know how it sounds, but believe me, the folks I meet through My Big, Fat, Cuban Family are wonderful!) Maria Soto Robbins is one of those. Here is her blog. We had been friends on Facebook and she has been a faithful reader ...
