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Casabe

CasabeSometimes served as an accompaniment to other food, casabe is also tasty topped with cheese, mojito or garlic butter and is a base of fiber.

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Mezquino PDF Print E-mail
I first heard of this when a child had what looked like a wart on her hand. Her mother said that her daughter had mezquino. We knew mezquino as envy, not as a wart.
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Isabel Allende PDF Print E-mail


Chilean author Isabel Allende spoke at El Museo in New York City last night. Her new book, Island Beneath the Sea, is now out in English and Spanish.

In English: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Beneath-Sea-Isabel-Allende/dp/0061988243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272817420&sr=1-1

In Spanish: http://www.amazon.com/isla-bajo-Vintage-Espanol-Spanish/dp/0307476049/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3
 
Trail of Dreams PDF Print E-mail
This is a great story we've been following since January:

"We are four students from Florida – Felipe Matos, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa, and Juan Rodriguez – who left Miami on January 1, 2010 to embark on a 1500-mile journey to our nation's capitol. We were brought to the United States by our families when we were young. This is the only country we have known as home."

Read it from the source: http://trail2010.org
 
Sangre de Drago PDF Print E-mail
Sangre de DragoWhen you cut open a specific tree that grows in Ecuador and Peru, el sangre de drago (the blood of the Dragon) comes out. The blood is a red kind of sap. You can buy this in New York in stores with Ecuadorian products. But why buy it? The indigenous people have used it for ailments from diarrhea to different viruses, but it's great for acne!

Find a full description of its uses and chemical compound here: http://www.naturalnews.com/026764_Sangre_de_Drago_ulcers_medicine.html
 
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