What is your favorite holiday? In our family we have two: Día de los Muertos and Thanksgiving. For our annual fourth-Thursday-in-November celebration, we invite friends to share a meal. I cook the turkey, gravy, and quinoa stuffing (see recipe below). Our friends make creative, traditional and non-traditional sides; cranberry relish, sweet potatoes, humintas (corn dish), … Continue reading Six Foods That Make the Season
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What if U.S. weights were based on the kilogram for the last 143 years? What if your bathroom scale was calibrated to the correct number of pounds compared to a kilogram standard? Click on the scale to continue.
Who domesticated the cacao bean and when? It was not the Dutch or the Belgians! Look to the Americas for the answer. Click on the title to find out.
Choreographer Amalia Hernández created the Ballet Folklórico de México in the 1950s to represent Mexican history and culture with dance. The show is breathtaking, see for yourself in a video clip. Click on the headdress.
Are tomatoes from Italy? Are potatoes from Ireland? Where do our favorite foods come from?
When did you first gain independence? What were the experiences that helped you launch in terms of gaining confidence? Click on the photo to begin.
