The Culture of Food : Cuba

Flan Week: Delicious Low Fat Flan {Recipe}

Editor’s note: This is the sixth post in our Flan Week celebration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. I grew up in a Cuban household where food, familia, and fiesta were the main ingredients.  My father loved to cook and was frankly great at it. Being that I enjoyed and devoured every meal he created, traditional and non, I blamed the curves that were developing to the home cooking.  It wasn’t until later on in life that I realized I suffered fromRead More ...

Flan Week: Cuban-Inspired Pumpkin Spice Flan {Recipe}

Editor’s note: This is the fifth post in our Flan Week celebration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Today is the turn of  Bren Herrera, a Cuban-born American private chef,  food writer, blogger and creator of #FlanFriday.  Bren shares with us a story and recipe of her favorite Cuban flan: Flan de Calabaza . We hope you come back during the weekend because we´ll continue with Flan Friday for two more days!  Who doesn’t like flan!??! Clearly, we’ve all tuned in to FlanRead More ...

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