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All Around Latin America Recipes on FOX 5 Good Day Atlanta
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All Around Latin America Recipes on FOX 5 Good Day Atlanta

2 years ago by Bren Herrera
It's always a good time when I'm able to come back to Atlanta to share the goodness that comes out of my kitchen with the viewers. I switched up this year's recipe series 'All Around Latin America' in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and did a live c...
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Rabo Encendido or Braised Peppered Oxtail, a lo Cubano for Mother’s Day
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Rabo Encendido or Braised Peppered Oxtail, a lo Cubano for Mother’s Day

3 years ago by Bren Herrera
One of the most rewarding benefits of cooking, especially on camera, is having my Mother with me in the kitchen. Let me tell you what... there's nothing like experiencing the reversal of roles with a hardcore Cuban mother whose life mission and purpose has...
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A Story About Cuban Food
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A Story About Cuban Food

5 years ago by Bren Herrera
I was at the Cuban Interest Office in Washington, just a few miles from where I live, speaking through a locked iron fence, asking the familiar guard the status of my Cuban passport. I applied for it 3 months prior and should have received it 6 weeks earli...
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‘East of Havana’ 10 Years Later the Message is Still the Same
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‘East of Havana’ 10 Years Later the Message is Still the Same

6 years ago by Bren Herrera
Things are changing in Cuba. Seemingly, they are moving at a pace the rest of the world is enjoying but anxiously waiting to speed up for its great benefit. However, word on the street, especially in Havana, is that the mediocrity (and that may be a bit of...
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Cocina al Minuto with Nitza Villapol: a Cooking Show {And a Drunken Chicken Story}
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Cocina al Minuto with Nitza Villapol: a Cooking Show {And a Drunken Chicken Story}

8 years ago by Bren Herrera
 />  (Highly seasoned oxtail with  my homemade mojo) UPDATE:  NPR News (the Florida affiliate, WLRN) stumbled upon this post and called me up to interview my mother and me about Nitza Villapol's influnce on both our cooking --  and the drunken chi...
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OPINION: The New York Times Misses the Point And Still, A Lack of Latino Authors
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OPINION: The New York Times Misses the Point And Still, A Lack of Latino Authors

8 years ago by Bren Herrera
(a mock page from my now 3.5 year old book waiting to be published) In response to the New York Times article about the lack of Latino authors and books for children, a select and passionate group of Latina bloggers have launched the "Latinas for Latino Lit...
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Nitza Villapol, La Cocina Criolla & Arroz con Leche or a Rice Pudding Recipe
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Nitza Villapol, La Cocina Criolla & Arroz con Leche or a Rice Pudding Recipe

9 years ago by Bren Herrera
  I used to think people that collect cookbooks have nothing better to do. Please, friends, take no offense to that gross assumption. It was me. I didn't know better. I didn't get it. I thought that owning cookbooks meant lack of creativity, thus t...
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Anthony Bourdain in Havana: The Truths He Missed
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Anthony Bourdain in Havana: The Truths He Missed

10 years ago by Bren Herrera
(Chickens mi tia hustled up for us to eat during our visit in 1999) By now I'm sure you've been religiously watching the 7th season of the vastly popular Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. This season [promises to be] filled with lovely landscapes of many c...
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Anthony Bourdain in Havana: Plenty Reservations
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Anthony Bourdain in Havana: Plenty Reservations

10 years ago by Bren Herrera
(La Catedral de La Habana, c. 2006) Editors' note: After watching Anthony Bourdain return to the tube with his premiere episode set in Havana, I anxiously called my parents in anticipation of the very response I received. Their opinion of the show was not t...
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✨It’s not even Cinco de Mayo yet, but I’m ready!✨

I hope your week was amazing, but if it wasn’t, realign and claim all the goodness! 🙌🏽You deserve it. Keep working on those small decisions that can have greater impact on your end game. Pause if you have to. Dance to release some stress ... and like  @dnice said last night in his set, vibrate higher!! ⏫⚡️Let’s go! Happy Friday, good people!💛🖤

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It’s FriYAY eve! 💃🏽Cheers to your week! I’ve been grinding it out, meetings… Back to back… Good stuff in the works! Really excited but this mama needs a little bit of a break from all the smoothies and what not. A clean lemon basil martini! Cheers & drink responsibly! 💃🏽

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💕🍾Happy birthday to the absolute best sister 💕🍾Happy birthday to the absolute best sister and girlfriend a girl could ask for🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽! If you know my sister @absolut_cubana, then you already know what it is! She is the truest girl, the most humble, kind, compassionate and funny girl! Sister, I've said it time and time again, but I'm a better woman because of you! Thank you for being so perfect and so beautiful 🥰. Wishing you many more of everything you deserve and want! I love you to infinity and beyond 40x!✨🍾

Y’all, please help me wish my sister a very happy birthday!🎂🎉🥳🎊
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It’s Monday! Start the week with reminding yourself that you are a worthy of it all. 🙌🏽You are capable of achieving whatever it is that you want. It’s all a mindset. Mindset is everything. Your behaviors, decisions and actions change favorably when you commit to changing your perspective.

⭐️Didn’t get the job? It’s OK. They weren’t ready for you.

⭐️Gained weight? It’s OK! Celebrate how well you’ve been eating! All those yummy dishes!

⭐️He/she said no? It’s really okay! There’s a real, effortless connection on the way!

⭐️The dream you’ve been working so hard on hasn’t materialized? It’s OK! God is still preparing you to receive his best! More than you could have asked for.🙌🏽

You get the point! Change your mindset, change your life. I’m on this good-good high streak and excited about all I’m inviting in my life. Mindset. It’s your best friend. Work at it. Work hard. It’s there for you!💃🏽

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🌸A Cherry Blossom Garden Wedding 🌸 My Mom i 🌸A Cherry Blossom Garden Wedding 🌸

My Mom is one-of-a-kind. For their 50th wedding anniversary 3 years ago, she wanted a big, garden-lit, 40's style wedding, à la a Spanish novela (set in the 40s) she binged on Netflix. And so she made it happen. It took us almost 1 year to plan, but it came to life, just as she wanted. We were all clad in period looks. My brothers wore suspenders, vests, bowties and newsboys hats. The girls had on pillbox hats and petite coat lace dresses, paired with vintage gloves. I styled us with authentic estate pieces from the era. 😍

🌸The backdrop of their massive Cherry Blossoms, dogwoods and Japanese maple, all of which I climbed up in a crane to light and dangle with gold streamers, weighted by beautiful glass jars filled with candles, set the perfect vibe. The entire front yard was flowing with 60 feet streamers and lights. One of the cherry blossoms lines the driveway, and that night it gently sprinkled loose foliage on the guests. It was dreamy. The set up  was the neighborhood chisme. A few neighbors actually posted up on the street to watch as they reclaimed their nuptials.

🌸Over 100 family and friends from far and near came and braved very chilly temperatures, all to indulge her garden wedding. My siblings, cousin, nieces and nephew and I lined their path, as we curtsied them as they walked up the aisle to the tune of the show's theme song. Our family pastor officiated a beautiful ceremony. It was truly a magical night!

🌸Please help me wish my parents a very happy 53 years of marriage! Wishing many more crazy years together! 

(I'll share reception later; see previous post for Mami and Papi love!)
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✨L O V E✨ Happy 53rd anniversary to Mami and ✨L O V E✨

Happy 53rd anniversary to Mami and Papi! 53 years of love, sacrifice, partnership, and joy! I’m so grateful for their love!✨🥰

(these are a few shots from their 50th wedding anniversary wherein they had a beautiful, cherry blossom, garden-lit, 40s themed wedding!)
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Feliz aniversario de 53 años a mis padres. 53 años de sacrificio, amor, compañía y felicidad. ¡Deseándoles muchos más años juntos! Soy tan dichosa por el amor que nos han demostrado y compartido🙌🏾✨💃🏽
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