Gina...

Thanks so much Gina! I will try them again.I doubt that I could find that brand of canned black beans around here as the ethnic department of any grocery store around here consists mainly of Mexican, Oriental, or Indian foods - I've never seen any Cuban foods. I would also love to try making the guava cheesecake you have posted a couple of times, but I can't even find guava paste or guava jelly either. I will be going to do some work in a much larger city this summer, so I will have to do some shopping for special foods I need while I am there, I think.

Again, I would like to let you know how much I am enjoying your recipes. Everything that I have made has been delicious (my husband agrees also). I have given a couple of your recipes to friends and they have really enjoyed them also. For instance, your carrot souffle was a big "kid hit". My 3 1/2 year old gobbled up several servings of it, and when we took it to a potluck at a friend's, their 3 year old said, "This tastes like ice cream!" and also kept asking for more!! Any recipe that gets that kind of response from my son will definitely be made again!!

Thanks so much,

Tracy