By: Brian Garrido Jewel’s Bakery & Café, owned by chef Julie Moreno, is schedule to serve dinner in early June. “I’m very excited,” says Moreno. “We will have hush puppies and our famous Chicken and Waffles. Someone wrote on our
By: Brian Garrido The International Bartender’s Association (IBT) defines a margarita as having three ingredients: tequila, lime juice and triple sec, a sweet orange tasting liquor. The drink is defined as a classic by the organization’s more than seventy-five global
By: Brian Garrido Samantha Sanz began working at Four Seasons Scottsdale, Troon North’s Talavera, a little more than seven months ago. On her first day working the kitchen line, under the resort’s Executive Chef Mel Mecinas, Sanz broke ground becoming
By: Brian Garrido In 2001, the Torre brothers, Enrique and Eloy, opened Los Reyes de Las Tortas, showcasing a true taste of their South of the Border home, the Mexican-style torta. Emulating Mexico City, home to over twenty million, the
By: Brian Garrido Nachos are not just a convenience food served at a twenty-four, seven day a week store, with stale chips and slathered in a gooey orange “cheese” sauce. Rather, the Tex-Mex dish has a real history, starting with
By: Brian Garrido Channel 12’s news anchor, Vanessa Ruiz, is a proud multi-cultural Latina. Having lived on three different continents, she proves that Hispanic dispersion is far-reaching, on a global scale, despite popular belief. Born in Miami, she grew up
By: Brian Garrido In Latin America, many people give up meat for Lent and rely solely on seafood for the next forty days and nights. On Easter Sunday, the time comes to “break Lent” and it becomes a carne asada
By: Brian Garrido Born the second youngest of eleven children in Mexico’s colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Chef Azucena Tovar arrived in Arizona 20 years later as a married woman. In 2016, she is an independent Mexican entrepreneur
By Brian Garrido The Sonoran hot dog is a cross-cultural influence between the borderlands of Mexico and the United States. A little more than twenty-five years ago, the dogs made their way from the United States to Hermosillo, a city
By: Brian Garrido “Breakfast in Latin America is a big deal!” – Erica Dinho Erica Dinho, food blogger for My Colombian Meals states the truth that for many born of Spanish-speaking heritage, eating breakfast is a big deal. We know
