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It’s Noche Buena

If you’re Latina, Latino, or Latinx like me, you know that Noche Buena, “The Good Night,” or Christmas Eve, is the night we really celebrate.  In my Cuban family, that is certainly the case.  Every year we look forward to the same mouth-watering foods:  lechon (Cuban roast pork) or my mom’s pork ribs, congrí (rice and beans cooked together), yuca con mojo (yucca or cassava with a garlic marinade), empanadas, and turron for dessert (almond nougat candies from Spain), among other things…

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