Tag Archives: Spanish
La Voz de Pueblo RNC 2012: the Taxi Cab Interview
August 30, 2012
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Tampa, Florida What’s the word on the street here in Tampa which is hosting more than 50,000 people for the 2012 National Republican Convention? Who better to ask than a taxi driver. I mean think about it. They talk to Read More...
Espanglish No Existe Says a National Humanities Medalist
July 29, 2012
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News out of Spain rocked the world, with huge implications in the U.S. Nah, not the horrible news of that European country’s financial mess or the projected 25% unemployment rate. Rather, in the archane world of philology or the study Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Are Politicians Afraid to Speak Spanish?
February 6, 2012
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Are Políticos scared of speaking español or flap the labios on ”Latino issues” (¡psssttt!: We care about “American issues”–jobs AND immigration–because we’re American, too)? Let’s play a game: who said what. Can you match… On the DREAMers: “Send me a law that gives them the Read More...
SEAL an Anchor Baby? How an Assumption Became Truth (and I’m Not Talking about la Virgen María)
May 4, 2011
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As details of Osama bin Laden’s assassination spread virally throughout the internet, so are rumors that one of the Navy SEALs involved in arguably one of history’s most anticipated deaths is an “anchor baby” or a child born to illegal immigrants in Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen Video: ¿Red or White Wine?
April 8, 2011
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Normally, I have a story that accompanies a post: I could have written about developing a taste for wine helped by the fact that I grew up in San Francisco, close to the glorious Napa Valley; how I once dreamed Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen: Pan con Tomate Tapa Video: Updated with Recipe
March 17, 2011
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“Even the High Heeled Kitchen needs a day off” is how this webisode of the High Heeled Kitchen begins. So we took the HHK to Washington DC’s Vinoteca Bar and Bistro where Executive Chef Lonnie Zoeller shared his once secret: Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen: Cheater’s Delicioso Flan: UPDATED with Recipe
February 25, 2011
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Show up with this flan to a dinner party or as the dessert course for an intimate din you prepared for your amor, and you will be worshiped and gloried. In this first webisode of the High Heeled Kitchen, I Read More...
