Recipes & Reflections on Latino Food & Culture
I appreciate Thanksgiving for the way in which the holiday brings together friends and family and reminds us to give thanks for each other and the goodness in life. But I still often think about how Thanksgiving came about and the ways in which it misrepresents the relationship between America's first colonizers and its native people. (See our post about the origins of Thanksgiving here.) … [Read more...]
Guest contributor, Maggie Asfahani Hajj, is a writer based in El Paso, Texas. She spends her free time working as a personal chef, chauffeur, therapist and activities director to her lovely ten year-old twin girls. Here she writes about growing up on the Southwest border as an Arab-American and how an interplay of cultures often manifested at the family table. Photos by Maggie Asfahani Hajj. … [Read more...]
I’m sitting by the window on a rainy autumn day. The leaves have fallen from the trees, save for a few stragglers, and I already miss the way the vibrant yellows, oranges, and reds look against dark branches and blue skies. This is comfort-food weather and a homemade soup is gurgling on the stove while I listen to a talk radio show about the origins of Thanksgiving. One of the guests is food historian Andrew F. Smith who dedicates a chapter of his book, Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, to the real Thanksgiving story. I hear him say that the Pilgrim-centric Thanksgiving story is a complete myth (no surprise) but I'm flummoxed when I realize how little I know about the holiday I've celebrated every year since I can remember. … [Read more...]
Print Adobo para Guajolote a.k.a. Adobo Turkey Rub Author: Gilda Valdez Carbonaro Prep time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins Ingredients Ingredients: 10 sprigs rosemary with stems removed 1 ½ tablespoons sea salt 8 cloves garlic with skins removed 1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper 1 cup olive oil zest one lemon Instructions Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend. Rub all over the turkey before placing it in the oven to roast. Soak a cheese cloth in the adobo and place it on the breast of the turkey while it's cooking. Wordpress Recipe Plugin by EasyRecipe 2.1.7 … [Read more...]
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