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I love Spanish food. My diet is the Mediterranean diet, which is good food. I eat well.

Spain is a fascinating mix of people, languages, culture and food, but if there is one thing all Spaniards share, it's a love of food and drink.

In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing.

When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's festive but different.

I love Mexican food, and there's a really good restaurant called El Parador that I love.

I've brought the traditions from Spain to the United States: spending the afternoons with my husband and my son, enjoying the little things.

I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.

Whenever I cook, I think of Spanish music, so I always have to listen to some sort of salsa. It gets your body going.

I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes.