The following post has been brought to you courtesy of Kikita. Greetings from Miami! Yesterday was Mami's 55th birthday (it's ok, she told me I could tell you) and the celebrating started early in the morning and went late into the night. (Ok, technically I think she will be stretching her birthday out through the weekend, but that's not important ...
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A Big, Fat, Cuban Family Birthday Party Invitation
Kikita (la hija de Marta) here and I have a happy announcement: Mami will be turning...*ahem*... 21 on Friday, May 21st, 2010.We will be in Miami for this momentous occasion and I've decided there is only one thing we can do. We must have a Big, Fat, Cuban Birthday party and EVERYONE is invited!Where is the party, you ask?Habana Vieja ...
Celebrating National Guava Month (Oh, yes I am.)
It's a special Monday, Pre-Thanksgiving Edition of Marta's Cuban American Kitchen. I have been trying, without much success, to declare November "National Guava Month." Sadly, no one seems to take me seriously about this, but that's not important right now. I've taken up the cause on my own. And today I'm all ...
How to be a good Cuban woman in order to marry well.
I had some company over the weekend. My mom and my oldest daughter. And if Luza (my 95 year old mom) is here, that means I'm cooking. Or, in this case, baking. And then, of course, there's Amy (my first-born), who is 26 years old, which, in Old-School-Cuban-Grandma-Land is code for "Old Maid" (or "solterona"). Of ...
*Dreamhouse sold separately*
If I were a Barbie Doll, I'd have names for all the different roles I've ever played and the various phases of my life. Right now I'd have 3 different iterations of the Marta Doll: There would, of course, be Blogger Marta - she comes with her own tiny Mac that really boots up! And Cuban Cook Marta - with an actual tiny copy of her ...
Read any good books lately?
What was the last movie or tv show you watched? The last good deed you did? The last friend you made? What was the last gift you gave?Find the answers to these questions and more on today's quiz over at the Tiki Tiki.Click over and tell me your answers. I love getting to know you. =D ...
Hey! I wrote a cookbook!
Today on the Tiki Tiki I share my very favorite Latin cookbooks.As I was finishing the post, Adam came in with an ingredient question from one of my own recipes. At which point I remembered that hey! I wrote a cookbook, too! Yes, with my Cuban recipes. (Shut up. I know.) ;-) Perhaps the badge in my sidebar isn't quite as obvious as I ...
Keeping it Together
I do a lot of stuff. I make things. I go places. I Twitter. I cook stuff. I shoot emails. (Eric always says this, "shoot me an email." And I think it's cute, so we don't just write emails around here. We shoot them.) ;-) I homeschool kids. I drive them places. I Facebook. I take pictures. And I write about it all. How do I ...
Life skills 101
Adam, my 23 year old son, made soup. From scratch. (I know. Shut up.) Here's Adam in the kitchen making soup and Poseidon the Cat, supervising... He made The Best Tomato Soup EVER. That story and of course, the recipe are posted today on Tiki Tiki. (just follow the link above.)It's our first day of (home)school for this school year ...
I *heart* the internets!
As if I wasn't busy enough in real life.... I'm also stretched a little thin in my cyberlife. (Is that a word? It should be.) There's a quiz over at the Tiki Tiki I want you to take. Come on, be a sport. Grab a cup of coffee and click on over. (Plus, it makes me look really good if there are lots of comments. Thanks! =D) ...
