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The Treasured Memory
April 30, 2012 – 7:08 am | 21 Comments

A Favorite Bedtime Story
I often wonder about what my children will remember from their childhood.
Any sweet memories I have of being little all involve my abuela. My grandmother is the one who raised me and …

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My Comadre, my Compass
April 21, 2011 – 5:01 am | 6 Comments
My Comadre, my Compass

 
By Lucia Lopez Plunkett
Oh no, he didn’t. Este fregado! What did he say? I’m being… what? Hmmm, am I really? I’m going to call my Comadre. She’ll tell me.
Am I the only one who does …

Big Giveaways: Cookware, Cookbooks, Snacks
April 11, 2011 – 6:57 am | 43 Comments
Big Giveaways: Cookware, Cookbooks, Snacks

 

Contest Closed…See comments section for the winners names. We will upload the drawing video to YouTube.
Thank you to the generous companies who donated goods for this giveaway!
Welcome to the ¿Vege-Que? Series Giveaway: products that support el …

Dulce de Leche de Tia
April 4, 2011 – 9:44 am | One Comment
Dulce de Leche de Tia

I usually make my dulce de leche by slowly simmering a can of sweetened condensed milk in water, but one of my Tias — one of the best cooks I know — recently sent me …

Augmented Reality
April 4, 2011 – 9:10 am | 4 Comments
Augmented Reality

Sometimes writing a blog — as opposed to being what I used to be,  a news reporter — is very much an Augmented Reality.
The stories can be very real, or you get one like today’s, …

Spanish Dichos: A Proverb for Every Occasion
March 30, 2011 – 4:37 am | 7 Comments
Spanish Dichos: A Proverb for Every Occasion

(Ed. note: Hi, click the headline to see the video.)
Welcome to another installment of Spanish Dichos y Refranes, Tiki Tiki-style.
In English we say “When pigs fly” or “When hell freezes over.”
In Spanish, we say “Cuando la …

Living La Vida Yerba Buena
March 21, 2011 – 8:25 am | 41 Comments
Living La Vida Yerba Buena

By Alexandra
I am a first generation American.
What does that mean to you?
If you are an American, you hear, “New to this country.” But, to the child of immigrant parents, you know what this statement truly …

Latin Fitness: Be Que Barbara! (Giveaway)
March 13, 2011 – 10:58 am | 14 Comments
Latin Fitness: Be Que Barbara! (Giveaway)

Giveaway closed: Jackie Won. Thanks to all who left comments!
By Barbara Gomez Trujillo
Ya! Enough is enough!
Spring is here, your New Year’s resolutions are slowly but surely dwindling, and although that big sweater is disguising the …

Baila! Latin Music USA (Giveaway)
March 6, 2011 – 3:41 pm | 14 Comments
Baila! Latin Music USA (Giveaway)

Giveaway: The documentary Latin Music USA.
 
You know those moments when your heart busts with this big, giant pride for your culture? When you want to grab the person next to you and say “See? See? …

What The Farm Maiden Stirred (Giveaway)
March 1, 2011 – 9:38 am | 19 Comments
What The Farm Maiden Stirred (Giveaway)

Listen as Maria Reads The Cazuela That The Farm Maiden Stirred
My 7-year-old found, sitting on the kitchen table, the new book,The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred. It had just arrived in the mail.
A little …

E-mailing in Cuban
February 28, 2011 – 5:34 am | 11 Comments
E-mailing in Cuban

By Laura Feo-Fernandez
I always think my Spanish is pretty decent until I’m faced with the task of composing an e-mail to my Cuban suegra.
I never really know what to say because there’s rarely anything new …