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Try one of our crowd-pleasing recipes this Memorial Day Weekend.

Latin-inspired Memorial Day recipes

by 5:00 am on 05/23/2013

Culture dictates that Latinos love to party and when Memorial Day weekend rolls around, it’s the perfect opportunity to invite friends and family over for … Read More

In honor of Cuban Independence Day, a classic frita

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Today marks the 111th anniversary of Cuba’s independence from Spain, and what better way to celebrate than with...a burger? Okay, not just any burger—a … Read More

Weekend Cocktail: muddled fruit meets its tequila match

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Chef Spotlight: Maria Mazon shares why great tacos can represent the best of Mexican cuisine

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Cookbooks we love: Daisy Martinez’s “Daisy: Morning, Noon And Night”

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How to make…30-minute Latin dinners!

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Adriana Martin shares her favorite tips and tricks for recreating traditional Mexican dishes on her blog, Adriana's Best Recipes. Pictured here is her recipe for shrimp ceviche, inspired by her memories eating by the ocean in Mexico.

Food blogs we love: Adriana’s Best Recipes

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Who's blogging: My name is Adriana Martin and I’m a Latina, born in Mexico, an immigrant with a story and U.S. citizen as a choice. I’m a wife, friend, … Read More

America's appetite for salsa seems unsatiable. Today, on National Salsa Day, we share a classic recipe.

Hey hot stuff…it’s National Salsa Month!

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It was in the 1990s, almost 20 years ago now, that a funny thing happened to catsup, that most American of condiments—it got unseated from its throne of … Read More

Who says a salad only means leafy greens? In honor of National Salad Month, try these hearty classic Latin American ones. (Photo/Courtesy Maricel Presilla)

For Nat’l Salad Month, Chef Maricel Presilla’s award-winning salads

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In her book, Gran Cocina Latina, which last week was named the James Beard Cookbook of the Year, Cuban-born chef and food historian Maricel Presilla recalls the … Read More

Sunday is Mother's Day. Treat her to a special breakfast or brunch with easy Latin recipes, like Cuban style pastries or huevos a la malagueña. (Photo/Betty Cortina and Courtesy of Ana Quincoces)

7 very Latin Mother’s Day brunch recipes

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Flaky pastelitos, sweet café con leche. Huevos rancheros,  moist golfeados. Yes, we Latinos know our way around breakfast. In honor of the women who, year … Read More

Chef Sue Torres reveals why her grandmother remains one of her greatest culinary inspirations.

Kitchen lessons from abuela: Sue Torres’s sweet plantain gorditas

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Sue Torres is a noted chef whose Mexican restaurant Sueños is currently celebrating its eleventh year of success in New York City. The anniversary is a victory … Read More

Noted food blogger and cookbook author Aran Goyoaga.shares her thoughts on the lessons she learned from her mother in the kitchen.

Kitchen lessons from my mother: Aran Goyoaga’s olive oil apple cake

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Plates of warm chocolate cookies, tender muffins and frosted birthday cake; these are just some of the kid-pleasing staples that mothers across the country make … Read More

Whole cumin seeds and malanga are two great ingredients chefs use to amp up Latin flavors. (Photo/Betty Cortina)

4 secret ingredients Latin chefs love

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They're nothing fancy, but the ingredients that follow are ones Hispanic chefs and great cooks love to have on hand to amp up culinary results. They can turn a … Read More

Try one of three tasty gazpacho recipes, just in time to celebrate National Gazpacho Aficionado Month.

Got gazpacho? 3 perfect recipes for National Gazpacho Aficionado Month

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Some of Latin cuisine’s most delicious dishes are the most simple; take gazpacho for example, which combines fresh produce with leftover bread to create a … Read More

Chef Omar Flores is making Dallas - a steak and potatoes town - a destination for seafood dressed with Mexican flavors.

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, a new generation of Mexican-American chef (Part 5)

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In honor of Cinco de Mayo—the day in 1862 when a small Mexican militia defeated a French army attach in the Battle of Puebla—we’re devoting an entire week … Read More

Learn how to make healthy version of traditional Mexican favorites like chicken tacos.

[VIDEO] Light Mexican fare: Tequila chicken, tortillas, more

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Chef LaLa mixes up a menu full of healthy Mexican flavor just in time for Cinco de Mayo, cooking up homemade tortillas, spicy pumpkin seed salsa, and tequila … Read More