Americans have had a love affair with pizza since around the turn of the century, when it was mostly a peasant food made in the home kitchens of Italian immigrants. Today, pizza has become a worldwide favorite, making it a slice of heaven for...
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You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Milk!
We should have known better. It was a Monday night and our good friend Nicole Presley from Presley's Pantry invited us over her house in East LA for a little pachanga. Little did we know it was going to be a milk...
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Melissa’s Produce Hosts Famed Designer Nathan Turner and Introduced New Book, “American Style: Classic Design and Effortless Entertaining”
I've come to realize as an adult that I not only learned how to cook from my mom, but I also inherited her skills of how to keep a perfectly cluttered...
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Milk and Bedtime Rituals — Sharing Stories from Friends and Family
"Go to bed!"
That was pretty much my "bedtime ritual" while growing up. Or, at least that's what I remember as a tween. I think when I was younger I would hear, "Time for mimis." I still say "mimis" today.
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Milk, Bedtime Stories and Giveaway!
I am more than a cook and foodie. For those of you who don't know, thanks to my mom, I am a book geek. I worked/lived in bookstores for 7 years, 1 month and 13 days. I love books so much that...
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Gingersnap Cookies and Milk Make Bedtime a Sweet Time
Sending your kids to bed early with a glass of milk may help them to be more awake and alert the following morning, so we hear from the California Milk Processor Board. To heck with the kids, a restful night’s sleep is...
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Toma Leche and Shape Up This Summer to LatinoFoodie’s “Paso Positivity” Video
Don't you hate it when you hear a song that's so corny and yet it plays over and over again in your head? That's what happened to us recently with the "Paso Positivo" campaign song. If you remember, LatinoFoodie was asked to be ambassadors...
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life — LatinoFoodie Serves as Positivity Ambassadors
"Always look on the bright side of life..." LOVE that song from Monty Python's award-winning musical Spamalot. But it's true. We always have a choice on how we view things and respond to what life hands us. For example, so your tortillas break when...
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Fiery Shrimp Cocktail with Avocados from Mexico
We were recently asked to create a recipe using avocados from Mexico. Below is one of our favorite shrimp cocktail recipes that has just the right amount of heat and zest. Here's a snippet of information that our contributing writer Norma Vega...
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Are You Gluten Intolerant? Food Companies Quickly Learning to Offer More Choices
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Do you ever feel totally out of sorts after eating baked goods or other processed foods? Perhaps you are gluten...
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