Admittedly, Cubans don’t have the best diet. Mucho aciete, fried this and that, lots of carbs, very little green vegetables and lots of sugar! Yes! All the fabulous stuff that make us happy. Our cuisine at its core is amazing, full of robust flavors, seasonings and outcomes. Staple dishes require…

Thanksgiving is far gone, a distant past with Black Friday and Cyber Monday having superseded any memories created just 4 days ago.

One thing that’s still presumbly ubiquitous, and not overshadowed by mad rushes into the mall and squabbling customers for that elusive electronic item, at least in our house, is…

I was watching Housewives of Atlanta last night — my Sunday night guilty pleasure. One of the scenes had the infamous and now RICH, Nene Leakes having dinner with Kandi and Kandi’s mother at Nene’s house.  It was a casual setting, with the kitchen nook recessed in a suburb neighborhood…

After a wishful eight hours of sleep, the third thing I want to do when I get up is eat. I need to break the fast of resting my stomach from all the fabulous food the day before brought about and all the goodness the new one will offer.

Some think breakfast…

When my editor at Latina Magazine asked me to do a write up on what makes the perfect fusion dish, I smiled. Not because it’s a lot of what I do, especially for my clients, rather because it forced me to quickly think of a few ingredients that could transform…

It gives you really bad breath. Yup. And many stay away from using it in abundance because it just streams out of your pores like nothing else (well, curry may come close). There is nothing like the smell of someone working out, sweating, and the porous aroma of garlic that…