Betty Crocker Kitchens – Dulce de Leche, por favor
August 30, 2010 – 4:32 am | 7 Comments

ShareI was privileged to attend an event in Minneapolis last week called Baking With Betty. As in Betty Crocker. (Yes, I know!) I was out-of-my-skin excited to get to visit and cook in the famed …

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Blog Talk
August 4, 2010 – 6:00 pm | One Comment
Blog Talk

ShareAs far back as I can remember I have kept a journal or a diary of some sort. In the years before blogging, I would faithfully recap the mundane events of my uneventful life, my …

A “Miss You” Card Gone Wrong
June 15, 2010 – 3:59 am | 22 Comments
A “Miss You” Card Gone Wrong

ShareI had the pleasure of seeing the woman behind the bag: Unknown Mami, a hilarious writer from San Francisco, who does not reveal her identity online. We sat next to each other on a bus …

Can I Call You Pepe?
June 9, 2010 – 8:20 am | 13 Comments
Can I Call You Pepe?

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Silvia from Mama Latina Tips is all sorts of fabulous. She is smart and tells wonderful cuentos. When I met …

Trilingual Parrot, Monolingual Son
June 4, 2010 – 5:29 am | 10 Comments
Trilingual Parrot, Monolingual Son

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By Jennifer Vides
I recently spent a few days at my parents’ home, where I was warmly greeted by my mom – a full-fledged white girl raised in Texas – and my dad, who was born …

Roots and Remembrances
June 1, 2010 – 6:21 am | 10 Comments
Roots and Remembrances

ShareEditor’s note: My mother and aunt left Cuba in 1957 when they were 14 and 11. The guerrillas were in the hills in Oriente Province when my family left. My mom and aunt returned to …

Latina Bloggers go all Tiki Tiki
May 27, 2010 – 9:54 am | 9 Comments
Latina Bloggers go all Tiki Tiki

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What exactly does “tiki tiki” mean?
I usually answer that question by putting my fingers and thumbs together in an “habla habla” motion. Regardless of language, culture and age, everybody gets that, si?
Last week, when Marta …

Que Pasa, Tiki Tiki!
May 25, 2010 – 9:13 am | 12 Comments
Que Pasa, Tiki Tiki!

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I have interviewed Rosa Parks,  Michael Stipe and the funny guy who sang (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake your Booty with K.C. …

Clean Living, Latina Style
April 28, 2010 – 4:41 am | 10 Comments
Clean Living, Latina Style

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I have an aunt whose nickname is both “La Escobita” and “El Sargento.”
The Little Broom and …

Researching Latino Family Roots: Your Raices
April 2, 2010 – 4:28 am | 10 Comments
Researching Latino Family Roots: Your Raices

ShareA second cousin has been researching the family of my maternal grandfather — good looking guy pictured above — for more than two decades. That’s before the internet, gente. He wrote letters to military, …

Shrimp Creole or Camarones Enchilados
March 8, 2010 – 1:26 pm | 5 Comments
Shrimp Creole or Camarones Enchilados

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(Video courtesy of the fabulous chef, Juan Montalvo from The Hungry Cuban.)

When my father was visiting last month, …