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Wanted: LatinaSmart Ambassadors
You: Smart, Funny, Interesting, Connected, Con un poco de Chispa and a Big Corazon.
Me: Looking for you — that would be 5 of you — to join me as a LatinaSmart Ambassador.
Why: To …
I turned the grocery store aisle and stopped my cart short because I spotted a bottled Havana Garlic and Lime marinade. In other words, mojo ready to go by Lawry’s.
Interesting. I had not seen it …
By Lisa Quinones-Fontanez
I will never forget the day I came across the book that would change my literary life. I was in my college bookstore, buying textbooks when the title caught me by surprise: When …
By Madelyn of KarmaFree Cooking
Some people might find it hard to believe that a Latina can be a vegetarian for 10+ years. Eradicating meat from my diet as a way to eat more healthfully was …
Don’t you wish you knew then what you know now?
From where I sit these days, I see that having less, wanting less makes big room for the good stuff. The uncomplicated and easy stuff. La …
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One of the smartest things I do to feed my cultural spirit? Hang out here. And, clicking over to the sites that belong to readers, and other Latino writers. Heaven.
Without this daily connection, …
When next you raise your copa of sangria say this: “A comer, beber y bailar que el mundo se va acabar.”
Basically, it’s the Spanish version of “eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”
Cheery, …
Preserve las Frutas
The strawberries in my parts have been spectacular this year, so this weekend when the local farmer told me his plants were about to be done, I grabbed two quarts and rushed home …
By Vianney Rodriguez
Warmer temperatures scream for Paletas! A Mexican sweet widely popular for fighting off the summer heat. Paletas are either cream or water based.
Popular flavors include coco, tamarind, mango, watermelon and arroz …
One is easily fooled by that which one loves. — Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Le pegaron los tarros.”
Cuban slang for someone got cheated on. Not …
