Buñuelos

Buñuelos are probably the ultimate Cuban Christmas pastry. Jorge's Mom, Georgina, has been making hers since before he was born! These tasty desserts are popular throughout Latin America, and not just at Christmas.

The ultimate buñuelos are a light, fried pastry. Cubans like to eat them drenched in a special syrup or just top them with powdered or cinnamon sugar...(more)

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The Night in Which a Girl Succeeded in Catching King Melchior

By Raúl Musibay

I remember when I was very young; the Feast of the Magician Kings was the most anticipated day of the year, since on this day many times your dreams were made into reality.

The night before we always cut grass for the camels. I thought that the camels really liked the Cayo la Rosa grass, because they always ate all of it!

Although we were a little nervous with expectation, on the eve of the Kings, we always went to sleep early. For me, the most memorable gifts of the Feast of Kings happened one year in which I wanted a bicycle and some cowboy boots.

However, as always, my parents told me that this would be difficult, because the Kings had to bring gifts to so many children. For that reason, I only hoped to receive one of the two things.

To my surprise, the following morning I found, at the foot of the little Christmas tree, the bicycle and the boots! (more)

In Loving Memory:

Marlen Roth

December 20, 2003

A great lady and a contributor to this site.

It's That Most Wonderful Time

of the Year!

"Three Kings in Miami" by Tony Mendoza

Hmm, these guys look familiar...

It's time once again to start planning your holiday celebrations. This is the year to do it up right and celebrate a true Cuban Christmas.

The Christmas celebrations in Cuba were very similar to those in the United States. On Noche Buena, Christmas Eve, the families would gather together and have a GREAT feast. Our families are very large and there was always an abundance of food.

For Cubans, Noche Buena is all about family and friends, a time to celebrate life with good food, good music, and love. It is truly the most beautiful and heart-warming celebration of the entire year.

The roasted pig was always the main attraction. Along with the pig, we had black beans, white rice, yuca con mojo, salad, and of course lots of Cuban bread.

In the days before Christmas Eve, all the women would start preparing desserts. Popular desserts included orange and grapefruit shells (cascos) in a heavy syrup and buñuelos -- a type of fried sweet dough with powdered sugar and syrup. (more)

Don't Just Read About It!

See our last year's Noche Buena celebration on the Food Network!

Christmas in America Premieres:

Sunday, December 14th at 10:00 PM EST/9:00 PM CST.

Additional Showings:

Three Guys' Christmas Gift Ideas!

There is still time to order those last minute Christmas gifts. Why not order something special for the Cuban food fanatic on your Christmas list? Just click on one of the picture links below!

Tapas Gift Basket for Christmas

The Art of Jonas Gerard

One Miami area artist has really captured what beauty remains in contemporary Cuba. Jonas Gerard was born in Morocco of French and Brazilian descent, but he has the good humor of a Cuban!

Three Guy's Jorge Castillo meets with the artist at a recent opening night.

We recently attended "Cuba The Heart of It" an exhibition of Gerard paintings in Coral Gables.

Working with thousands of photos of Havana, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus ,and Trinidad De Cuba, Gerard renders beautiful scenes in both oil and acrylic.

We were very impressed with the style and artistry of Gerard's work. Although we usually don't encourage any travel to Cuba, we must admit that Gerard is capturing images of Cuba that may otherwise be lost.

Gerard's work does not honor the revolution; instead he glorifies the sprit of the Cuban people... (more)