I just read a column titled “When is a Latina not a Latina?’‘  The author, part Puerto Rican and non-Spanish-speaking, details frustrating moments when she was neither white enough nor Latina enough.
I shook my head …

…it’s not just about Jaime Camil (pictured left, in green, though he is reason enough).
I came to my telenovela-watching late in life.  When I lived in Madrid, we had literally 5 channels and I was …

Carrie’s Tia — the Cuban Marilyn Monroe — insists her mother invented cappucchino

“It really doesn’t matter that I’m a gringa and my husband is cubanazo…. I have learned so much about a culture that I really knew nothing about before, but the most incredible thing is that despite my growing up in Idaho and his growing up in Havana, we share the same morals and values.The things his parents and grandparents told him and his sister are identical to the lessons and tidbits my brother and I received from ours.”

We’ve got a dear family friend whom we’ll call “Sylvia.”  We’ll call her Sylvia because, well… that’s her name. =D
Sylvia is and has always been the representation of perfect Cuban womanhood to me.  I’ve known …

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 Ay, Chihuahua. 
The June Bon Appetit cover is mouth-watering and a wonderful example of why Latin food is so perfect for summer — fresh, easy, fiesta-inspiring.
The dish has tomatillos, poblano chiles, red onion, cumin and feta …