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At my father's request, Cau cau!

My father's birthday is New Year's Day. While many people party on New Year's Eve, for many years now I have stayed in and prepared food...

Cachangas con api, a simple and super satisfying breakfast

Cachangas con api is a fun example of when Indigenous food preparations mix with colonial ones and create something new and delicious.

Reflections on food traditions and tamales

Creating a family tradition of making tamales together.

Aguadito de pollo, a family favorite

When I think of this Peruvian chicken soup, I always think of my little sister Courtney and her wife. Not only is my sister insanely good...

The Pandemic Kitchen and my Hoarding Hallelujah Moment

This was not a post I had planned to write. I realized recently, after trying to work up the energy to create and test out another...

Tantawawa, a sweet bread offering

Having been born in the U.S. my references for Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, were most often with the customs of Mexico. As a young...

Latin American baby food? Yup!

Can I be real for a minute? As much as I wanted to feed my little girl all the best things in the world I also used to make baby food for ec

Green Deditos: Gardening Babysteps

When Kahlo and I first started this website and blog we'd hoped to document our journey with food: to document our family recipes, maybe...

Agua de fresa because....strawberries!

Summertime in New England brings not only heat but humidity. There is nothing more refreshing then a cold glass of water that has a beautifu

Beans That Made Him Cry

I had these smoked turkey necks in the freezer and a bag of pinto beans I needed to use up. I decided to throw them together into...

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