I've got all this great Happy New Year energy going right now and I have so many stories to tell and I'm going to San Francisco next week to visit Pixar and Skywalker Ranch. I just feel like I want to share the love and happy vibes.
If you were in my town, I'd say, "Hey, come over for dinner. I'll cook you something Cuban." But since that's not likely to happen, how about I just do a Happy New Year Cuban Food (Poster) Giveaway?
Yes. I think it's a wonderful idea.
If you were coming to dinner, I would be torn. What to serve? Check out this poster and just try to make a decision.
Because I look at this one every day in my kitchen, I think I'm going to try to master the art of making Pan Cubano. (See? It's not just cool looking. It's motivational, too.)
So much Cuban food. So little time. *sigh*
I'm going to be giving away Three (3) Cuban Food Posters to 3 lucky winners.
Each 16"x20" poster is unmounted and printed on heavy duty premium luster paper with archival fade-resistant inks.
It looks just like the photo above. Black background with white lettering and some distressing for an aged texture.
To enter the drawing for a chance to win one of the 3 posters, please leave me a comment on this post and tell me...
- What's your favorite comfort food? (I'd have to go with picadillo, myself.)
- Who makes it the very best? (Your mami? Tia Cuca? El Palacio de los Jugos?)
Leave one comment only, please!
Remember that if you want to enter the drawing for the poster, you must leave a comment on this post and I'll choose THREE winners on Wednesday, January 14th at 11:00 am PST.
Gracias and Buen Provecho!
If you're the impatient type (and you know who you are), my posters are for sale over at my Etsy shop: Marta Maria Designs. the 16"x20" is only $21.00 plus shipping and handling.
I also have a larger size (20"x30") and one (16"x20") on canvas, but that's not important right now.
Buena Suerte and Happy New Year!
Marta, QUE BENDICION! I loved reading your Blogs, Your Website and now your family. Please consider me for your Subway Sign giveaway. The other day I brought in my Bialetti in to work and made the staff Cuban Coffee (Cortaditos). Yuu will not beleive this, but I was making the coffee ALL DAY-they loved it. The have come to realize everything CUBAN is AWESOME!
Thanks again for your website!
Posted by: Osvaldo David Fiallo | January 09, 2015 at 08:55 AM
Favorite Comfort food: Arroz con Pollo!!!
Who makes it the very best: My mom, of course..It's just perfection!!
Posted by: Martha Cognac | January 09, 2015 at 09:14 AM
My favorite comfort food is Arroz con Pollo a la chorrera! My mom makes the best!
Posted by: Isabel | January 09, 2015 at 09:19 AM
Carne con papas! Is by far my favorite comfort food hecho por mami!!!
Posted by: Ilean | January 09, 2015 at 09:20 AM
Favorite comfort food: ropa vieja con arroz blanco y frijoles negro. Mami is the Queen when it comes to this dish. ❤
Posted by: Aileen Lombera | January 09, 2015 at 09:21 AM
I am new to your blog but is already a favorite. I live in a little town in Virginia and truthfully I think I am the only Cuban around! Since the loss of my parents, more so since losing my "papi", I have entered my "hey, I am Cuban" phase, I now cook more Cuban than ever before, and often get that gut-wrenching craving for the food I grew up with. Luckily I am married to a "gringo" who loves Cuban food! I am a very good cook (you guess it: "no tengo abuela", LOL). I would love to win that awesome poster, and would display it in my Cuban-American kitchen orgullosamente! Thank you!Clara Isabel Matilde Cardet Sanchez Corteguera Herrera de Barden :)
Posted by: Clara Barden | January 09, 2015 at 09:22 AM
The Cubano sandwich made by my Papi. It's a whole lot of comfort between two slices of bread. Yummmmmm!
Posted by: Ileana | January 09, 2015 at 09:22 AM
Que rico Tostones and Yuca con ajo!! This sign definitely has all the well known Cuban dishes!!! Sending lots of love from NJ :)
Posted by: Jennifer Lopez | January 09, 2015 at 09:23 AM
Mi favorita es la ropa vieja como la prepara mi mamá. Y en el poster falto el ajiaco...
Posted by: Carmen Martínez | January 09, 2015 at 09:23 AM
Chicken Fricasee! I am fortunate to have a wonderful neighborhood Cuban restaurant nearby :)
Posted by: Kate | January 09, 2015 at 09:25 AM
Oooops! Favorite comfort food...has to be picadillo also, who makes it best, was my dad...mine is not bad...
Posted by: Clara Barden | January 09, 2015 at 09:26 AM
Un ajiaco con frituritas de malanga equal heaven!!!
Posted by: Jennifer Lopezq | January 09, 2015 at 09:28 AM
Favorite Comfort food: guava pastelitos
Who makes it the best: either me or my Tia, but she cheats and buys them from her locally bakery ;) Holiday Bakery in Miami Lakes. Since I am in Northern California, I usually have to make my own :(
Posted by: Karin Salling | January 09, 2015 at 09:28 AM
Favorite Comfort food: Has to be Arroz con Pollo!!!
Who makes it the very best: Mi mama!
PS- Please pick me, I've never won and would love for my kids to see this in the kitchen everyday and remember their heritage!
Posted by: Timoteo | January 09, 2015 at 09:29 AM
Cuban comfort food (s)... hence cuban comfort body...
Joking aside... bistec arroz cebollitas with salsita on the white rice, maduros, y un pozuelito de frijoles negro pasado por batidora con cebolla y perejil...
Used to be made by my Abuela Caridad to the point that people would come specifically to eat bistec and frijoles and my Tata cooked really well too but now its made as a team by my parents (and if i need it during the week... by Islas Canarias)
Posted by: Michele | January 09, 2015 at 09:29 AM
Congri y platanos maduros! Was always made best by mi abuela. : )
Posted by: Elizabeth | January 09, 2015 at 09:33 AM
You are awesome! I love reading your blog. My favorite comfort food is my mami's arroz con leche made by my mom, of course!! I have to settle for mine since she passed away but I miss my mami's sooooo much!
Posted by: Emily Placido | January 09, 2015 at 09:37 AM
My Mom's arroz con pollo a la chorrera. She is 88 yrs old and cooks the best Cuban food ever. She is also famous for her boliche and congri. Her flan de coco...simply to die for. Would love to display this poster in her kitchen.
Posted by: Normie | January 09, 2015 at 09:39 AM
Favorite Comfort Food: Picadillo con Arroz Blanco y Tostones a lado.
Who make it the very best: My Abuela Digna - a master of the Cuban cuisine who still cooks every day at 90 years old. She raised our family on all the items on your poster - a tribute to the traditions she (like all other Abuelas) brought over and alimented us throughout our years in exilio – even in the coldest days like today.
Posted by: Rolando | January 09, 2015 at 09:40 AM
Me encanta la vaca frita y hay un restaurant que se llama "Rumba Cubana" que la hace riquisima!
Posted by: Sandra | January 09, 2015 at 09:41 AM
Palomilla con arroz blanco y frijoles colorados !
My mom was the best cook ever & her beans were top notch but she has lost most of her memory to Alzheimers. Every now & then with our help she comes pretty close to her A game :)
Posted by: Maria Cope | January 09, 2015 at 09:42 AM
My favorite comfort food is Arroz Con Pollo, it brings me right back to childhood birthday dinners. My grandmother made it the best, she doesn't cook anymore but after finding your recipe it seems just like the way she used to make it. I will try it soon! Thank you!
Posted by: Mandy | January 09, 2015 at 09:43 AM
Congri made by the one and only Tia Hortensia. She even crumbles pedacitos de bacon on top and nothing could be more delicious.
Posted by: alicia Rey-Murrell | January 09, 2015 at 09:43 AM
I love a good Arroz con Pollo, as long as it comes from a good Cuban restaurant. Luckily, I'm in Miami, so that's not hard to find. I love the poster, it would look great in my kitchen.
Posted by: Grace O'Donnell | January 09, 2015 at 09:46 AM
Masas de puerco bien fritas con sal. My dad makes them really good! He's a great chef.
Posted by: Lupe Rodriguez | January 09, 2015 at 09:49 AM
Bistec empalizado que mi Mima hacia! Que rico!
Posted by: eclark8460@gmail.com | January 09, 2015 at 09:51 AM
Comfort food: masitas de puerco
En donde las pueda comer...en casa, receta de mi padre (QEPD), Versailles en Miami, o en La Carreta
Posted by: Mari Lourdes | January 09, 2015 at 09:51 AM
Arroz con pollo... My husband's Tata made the best
Posted by: Joeymgonzalez@comcast.net | January 09, 2015 at 09:56 AM
Croquetas depending who makes them, my favorite are from Islas Canarias, otherwise, Carne con Papas!!!! Mmmmmmm 😋
Posted by: Yvette | January 09, 2015 at 09:58 AM
Too many to pick just one!!!! ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!!!
Posted by: Yvette | January 09, 2015 at 10:00 AM
Fricase de pollo, arroz blanco y tostones. My mom used to be the best, but after being out of Miami for a few years, I have mastered the art of making the perfect fricase. Now my dad prefers mine.
Posted by: Sunamis Gutierrez | January 09, 2015 at 10:00 AM
My favorite comfort food is ropa vieja. Like most of my favorite Cuban Dishes, the best cook is Mami of course. Though to not make her work too hard I will go pick some up at El Palacio de Los jugos. Que rico!
Posted by: hitide868@gmail.com | January 09, 2015 at 10:00 AM
My favorite has to be rice with black beans. A big heaping bowl of it. And who makes it the very best....that would be me!!! Although my parents are Cuban my mom never cooked. I didn't learn to cook Cuban food until I got married and my husband was used to home cooked Cuban food. Let me tell you I learned quickly. I bought every cookbook out there and looked at every website I could. (yours included!). 17 years later and I make a mean Frijoles Negro!!
Posted by: Cristina Perez | January 09, 2015 at 10:03 AM
Love this poster! My abuela (Mama) made all my favorite foods. With her Alzheimer's my dad and I split up who would master what recipes. I can safely say I mastered her congre, and he's got her ropa vieja down.... I have my very American husband well trained in a perfect cafe con leche also.
Posted by: Ashley Rieder | January 09, 2015 at 10:07 AM
Picadillo is my absolute favorite. I also love platanitos. This poster is absolutely gorgeous and would look great anywhere.
Posted by: Ileana | January 09, 2015 at 10:10 AM
Hi Marta. My favorite comfort food is Carne con papas which Is Cuban stew, with some white rice, tostones and aguacate. Yummy
My mom used to make awesome cuban food and also desserts but she is no longer with us so I will have to say I am the cook in the family although I am not that great cooking cuban desserts. Maybe this year I can start making more desserts other than flan! Thank you for your wonderful blog!!
Posted by: Esther Avila-Young | January 09, 2015 at 10:11 AM
My favorite comfort food is arroz con pollo.
Posted by: Irma Deutsch | January 09, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Thanks for the opportunity to win one of these posters. I love them!
I have so many comfort foods but I'd say the one that has the most pull for me is macaroni and cheese. Until recently I would have said my mother's is the best, but at a family get-together my brother-in-law made a batch I can't stop thinking about. I need to ask him for the recipe!
Happy 2015, Marta! Abrazos!
Posted by: Tracy/Latinaish | January 09, 2015 at 10:15 AM
Malanga with a little salt and a lot of butter made by my mother. That was medicine (and comfort) growing up in the Falagan house.
Posted by: Lisette Rubio | January 09, 2015 at 10:17 AM
Hola Marta!
My favorite comfort dish is ropa vieja con arroz (and platanos maduros, of course).
My abuela makes it the best...I'm a pretty close second, though. But DO NOT tell her that ;) She will deny it anyway.
Posted by: Brooke Saei | January 09, 2015 at 10:19 AM
Arroz con huevos Fritos made by my Abuela.
Posted by: Ivis suarez | January 09, 2015 at 10:21 AM
Oh man it's a tie between palomilla with purée de malanga and Piccadillo served con arroz blanco y huevo frito! My Mom makes them both the best and if I'm feeling down she can serve any of those dishes...despierta un muerto!!!! Lol
Posted by: Melissa Lorenzo | January 09, 2015 at 10:23 AM
Arroz con Pollo is my favorite comfort food. My abuela made it the best.
Posted by: Carmela C | January 09, 2015 at 10:24 AM
Cuban Comfort Food: PICADILLO CON PAPITAS:)
Who makes it the best: ME:):):)
My Dad used to make it the best but he is up in heaven instructing me how to do it every time!!!
Thank you for your wonderful blog Marta.
Posted by: Carie Hernandez | January 09, 2015 at 10:35 AM
Love your blog! I have also made some of your recipes and enjoy reading up on all things Cuban. I live in NYC and would welcome your Subway Sign in my apartment. Let's face it - it's better than any other subway sign! Keep all the good stuff coming. Abrasos de una Cubana llamada Heidi!!!
Posted by: Heidiomm@gmail.com | January 09, 2015 at 10:37 AM
My favorite comfort food would have to be platanitos fritos, hands down. My Ita (abuelita) makes the BEST platanitos. I don't know what she does to those bananas that make them taste so good EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Posted by: Ashley E. | January 09, 2015 at 10:40 AM
My favorite comfort food is huevos fritos, arroz blanco and platanos maduros made by mom. NO matter how old I get it just hits the spot more than any other food combination. Love your blog!
Posted by: Hector Hector | January 09, 2015 at 10:49 AM
Bread pudding. Yum. My mom used to make awesome batches of it!
Posted by: Diane D. | January 09, 2015 at 10:53 AM
Marta, my cuban comfort food of choice ismy husband's Lechon Asado ( made in our caja china) con plantaino maduro, yuca, y congri!! Love your blog and your lovely sense of humor! Thanks for sharing! Besos
Posted by: judy | January 09, 2015 at 11:03 AM
My favorites are vaca frita and boliche YUMM
Posted by: maria makarski | January 09, 2015 at 11:07 AM