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Abuela Mami Brings Cuban Love to Your Doorstep

October 10, 2016 By Marta Darby

It's still party time here at My Big Fat Cuban Family. As you know we are celebrating 10 whole years in the blogosphere. As promised, I'd like to kick off the Celebration with the first of some very Cuban Giveaways. If you haven't already heard of Abuela Mami, you are seriously missing out! I gushed wrote about them here. I know it's hard for ...

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8 Crazy Cuban New Year’s Eve Traditions

December 28, 2015 By Marta Darby

On the stroke of midnight on December 31st, my American friends raise their glasses and proclaim, "Happy New Year!" They take a sip, kiss their loved ones, sing 'Auld Lang Syne' and call it good.  Cubans? Not so much. Our superstitions...um... I mean, traditions, are a little more...um...colorful.First, you need SUPPLIES. Grapes. Sidra ...

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The Spamerican! Tour Surprise – A Giveaway

May 31, 2015 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

I was recently invited to cook with celebrity chef Sunny Anderson. I know. Shut up. Of course I was going to attend! The surprise was that she was kicking off The SPAMERICAN!TM Tour and would be cooking - wait for it - with SPAM®. FYI: The SPAM Brand invited me to the event and provided me with a gift bag like the one I'm giving away. All the ...

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Marta. Version 6.0

May 29, 2015 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

I recently celebrated having traveled around the sun for 21,900 days (give or take a couple of leap years). I had a lot of assumptions and deep thoughts about this particular milestone in my life.I'm 60 years old.Here are 20 of my Big Thoughts about this journey of life.1) I thought that I would be further along in certain places. ...

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SALE! Get Mami a Cuban Food Poster For Mother’s Day

April 21, 2015 By Marta Darby 3 Comments

I first want to thank all of you who have supported my Cuban food poster. I love every time one of you sends me a photo of your framed poster and when you tell me how much you're enjoying it. It makes me feel like I'm right in your kitchen with you. (Not in a weird way, of course.)I've been hearing from many of you that the 16 x 20 ...

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CUBA NIGHT at Dodger Stadium – Ahora Sí!

April 15, 2015 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

As you well know, it's my great pleasure to be a part of the Cuban Heritage Day at Dodger Stadium Committee.  For one, we get to have our meetings at Porto's, but that's not important right now. What's so very cool this year is that the Dodgers love our Cubanity (<--that's a word, rightr?) so much that they've ...

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Cuban Food Poster – Winners

January 14, 2015 By Marta Darby 2 Comments

Seriously, people. I read every single one of your comments and I swear that your love for Cuban food shows right through. Thank you all for participating and sharing your favorite foods and your stories behind them.  I'm grateful that you are enjoying my poster. Thank you for that. I love mine. And I figured you'd love it, ...

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Happy New Year Cuban Food Poster(s) Giveaway

January 9, 2015 By Marta Darby 133 Comments

I've got all this great Happy New Year energy going right now and I have so many stories to tell and I'm going to San Francisco next week to visit Pixar and Skywalker Ranch. I just feel like I want to share the love and happy vibes. If you were in my town, I'd say, "Hey, come over for dinner. I'll cook you something ...

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Marta Darby Designs is OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

November 17, 2014 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

I'm super excited to share this with you today. So, you know that I have that fabulous Cuban Food Poster that I designed last year. I've had such a great response from you that I decided to go ahead and create an Etsy shop (I know. Who am I?) to make it easier for you to buy as many as you want. For those of you who don't know, Etsy ...

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Cuban Food Poster – Winners

October 3, 2014 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

I went through and read each and every one of your posts and I can't even tell you how happy you made me. So many of you I've had the pleasure to meet in person and I recall those times from reading your sweet comments.  Thank you so much for your loyalty and love. I chose 3 winners for the poster giveaway. In case you don't ...

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