Two months after my 15th birthday, my mom shared a secret: The man I called Dad wasn’t my biological father. And just like that, I was half Costa Rican. There were differences I’d long wondered about, like why among our blue-eyed Irish. . . READ FULL STORY

Mojito's have been served in Cuba since the 1880's, when it was the beverage of choice for the sugar cane farmers. Traditionally seen as a drink of the masses, mojito's were long spurned by the upper crust of Cuba in favor of daiquiri's. Thanks to. . . READ FULL STORY