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Celebrating Kids and Books Featuring Alma Flor Ada

April 28, 2015 By Marta Darby 3 Comments

It is my great pleasure to announce that I'm participating in a fabulous celebration of children and books called Día Blog Hop, organized by Latinas for Latino Lit. The Blog Hop features the very best of Latino children's book illustrators and authors. It's very cool to be a part of such a great group and program. 13 ...

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‘A Falling Star’ – A Book Giveaway

May 1, 2014 By Marta Darby 28 Comments

My friend and Cuban American author, Chantel Acevedo is at it again.She's just finished her latest novel, 'A Falling Star' and I know you will be anxious to read it. Here's the synopsis:Daysy Maria del Pozo and Stella Maris Morales-Quinn both came to the United States as part of the 1980 Mariel Boatlift—Daysy settling ...

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Celebrating Kids and Books (Día Blog Hop) Featuring Margarita Engle

April 29, 2014 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

It is my great pleasure to announce that I'm participating in a fabulous celebration of children and books called Día Blog Hop, organized by Latinas for Latino Lit. The Blog Hop has been happening for the entire month of April and it features the very best of Latino children's book artists and authors.  The Día Blog Hop will be ...

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ALL the Picadillo at the Blurb Books Food Fair

November 4, 2013 By Marta Darby 2 Comments

I am a Cuban mother. And I cook. I love that I get asked to cook at different foodie-type events. See here. I always love doing those. But the real story is that I basically like to eat Cuban food, so I cook it. And I have a family to feed, so they appreciate that I cook. Also, I really enjoy oversharing, hence this whole blog thing. So, in a ...

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Cuando Sali de Cuba – Fernan’s Story (A Giveaway)

September 23, 2013 By Marta Darby 30 Comments

Marta here: A friend called me recently: "There's a new book called, The Cubans. You're mentioned in it."  I was intrigued and contacted the author, Fernando Hernandez who very kindly agreed, not only to share his story, but to share his book with MBFCF readers. First, let's let Fernan tell his own ...

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Five. (A giveaway)

October 1, 2011 By Marta Darby 33 Comments

I sat down at my computer on October 1st, 2006 and wrote out my very first blog post with the title, "Life on the hyphen..."  You're welcome to click over and read it. I lifted that post title from a book written by my friend, Gustavo Perez-Firmat, called Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way. In that book, he brilliantly ...

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Rice. An in-depth look. (And a giveaway.)

September 22, 2011 By Marta Darby 53 Comments

In keeping with our Hispanic Heritage Month, I've decided to tackle a subject that's near and dear to us. It's something that we feel absolutely passionate about. But we Cubans are passionate about so, so many things. (Well, everything, really....but that's not important right now.) I know I shouldn't be surprised when the ...

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Why I * heart* Amazon

September 8, 2011 By Marta Darby 5 Comments

My family and I are all voracious bibliophiles.  Voracious. Personally, I don't care either way if the book is the old-school paper kind or a good e-book. I love to read. Full stop. I have been loving the free Kindle for iPad app because I can store dozens of books on my iPad and make notes and add highlights and do all the things I ...

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The Help – And the winners are…

August 10, 2011 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

Thank you again for your willingness to share your stories. (And for letting me share mine!) If you must know, my very favorite character, especially in the film, was Celia Foote. I loved how she totally disarmed Minny with her innocence - or was it ignorance?And the winners of the giveaways are: The Dreamworks The Help Gift Pack goes to:A ...

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Sabor! Cookbook Winner

July 18, 2011 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

Thank you all for being so patient. I just got back from San Antonio last night and I have sooo much to tell you, but before I do that, I'd like to thank you for sharing your menus for your family celebrations. You gave me so many ideas! Check the comments section of the post entitled: Happy 40th Birthday, Versailles! (An homage and a ...

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