cuban food

Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra are coming to Harlem for three nights. Find out what O'Farrill has planned for his takeover at Ginny's after the jump.

Ozzie Guillen is one lucky dude. At least so far. The Miami Marlins moved into Marlins Park, a controversial, publicly funded state-of-the-art ballpark in—get this—Little Havana, just a week ago. Miami's not a good baseball town—the Marlins have won two World Series championships in the last 15 years and yet have never garnered much fan support. This stadium was meant to change that, along with a team overhaul that brought pricy free agents Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle, and a fiery new manager, Ozzie Guillen. Who decided to declare recently, "I love Fidel Castro." 

Lechón, or suckling pig, is the centerpiece of a Caribbean Christmas. Converts say roasting the pig in a Caja China, or “magic box” achieves the crispiest skin and moistest meat in the least amount of time.