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Rabo Encendido or Braised Peppered Oxtail, a lo Cubano for Mother’s Day
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
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
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}
(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 chicken sorry....
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OPINION: The New York Times Misses the Point And Still, A Lack of Latino Authors
(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
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
(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
(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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A Cuban-American’s Humble Gratitude
(neighborhood street in Cojimar, La Habana)
I just came back from the grocery store, holding a bag with 3 bright lemons. 3 for $1. Pretty good, right? They were on sale. I'm going to make a really good lemonade and sweeten with honey so I can sip on i...
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