Tag Archives: Mexico
Meatless Monday: Cinco de Mayo Eggplant and Mushroom Fajitas Recipe
May 5, 2013
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a plate of sizzling vegetarian fajitas. When I stopped eating meat three years ago, I worried I would miss my favorite meals, especially around holidays. I was relieved to discover that rather than giving up the dishes I love, I Read More...
Cinco de Mayo: Celebrating Mexico or Another Excuse to “Darty?”
May 3, 2013
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“So, what are we doing for Cinco de Mayo?” I’m not Mexican, and neither are my college roommates, but no sooner had the question been asked that we made plans to throw back some margaritas at that great little Mexican place on Wisconsin Read More...
UPDATED with NPR’s Tell Me More Interview: TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado Moderates Panel with Nobel Peace Laureate or How This Week I Have Professional Whiplash
July 2, 2012
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12 years ago, I was stringing for The New York Times when I lived in Mexico City where I was writing my dissertation. Fierce war reporter, mentor, and hermana Julia Preston had called, asking if I could help out. Heck ya! Read More...
Cinco de Mayo: TWLC Goes to the White House–Sheep or Wolf?
May 4, 2012
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In five and a half years of living and reporting in Washington, DC I had only been to the White House twice, once to shoot a stand up for a news story and the other time as a guest of Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Election 2012: ¿Mitt or Mitteo Romney?
January 23, 2012
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What a stunner. Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina, a conservative, “family values,” evangelical state if ever there was one, days after his ex-wife Marianne states the former Speaker of the House asked her for an “open marriage” while he was Read More...
Blogging to Stop Brutality: My More Magazine Interview with a Juárez Blogger
July 25, 2011
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I can’t remember when I started reading Judith Torrea’s blog, Ciudad Juárez: en la sombra del narcotráfico/Juárez: in the shadow of Drug Trafficking. But once I started, I read and Torrea’s raw prose left my heart riddled with anger at failed Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen Video: Q & A with “Top” Chef Richard Sandoval
July 19, 2011
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I am a chica with a serious appetite. I love to eat as much as I adore the rituals around food: family gatherings, learning how to make arepas or arroz con coco while chatting with PAPI, celebrations of milestones and holidays as Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen – Cozumel Ceviche Video
July 6, 2011
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Ceviche. Food of the gods, savored year-round in Latin American tropical coastal communities. This fish dish is also perfecto for summer. Some people fear raw fish. ¡Silly rabbit!, says the chica who’s paid the dear price of reckless-but ooh-soooo-goooood eating Read More...
